Harpago arthriticus

Harpago arthriticus, common name : the arthritic spider conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Harpago arthriticus
Harpago arthriticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Harpago
Species:	H. arthriticus
Binomial name
Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 (basionym) Lambis chiragra arthritica (Röding, 1798) Strombus divergens Perry, 1811 Strombus nigricans Perry, 1811

Description

Multiple views of the shell

The size of an adult shell varies between 110 millimetres (4.3 in) and 190 millimetres (7.5 in).

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll, Kenya, Madagascar, the Maldives, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.