Harpagodes aranea

Harpagodes aranea is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpagodidae. This species is found in deposits ranging from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous.

Harpagodes aranea Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous
Fossil shell of Harpagodes aranea (Creuë), Meuse, France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Harpagodidae
Genus:	Harpagodes
Species:	H. aranea
Binomial name
Harpagodes aranea (d’Orbigny, 1850)

References

• Stromboidea gastropods
• Klaus Bandel, Hamburg About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda)