Harpovoluta charcoti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution Harpovoluta charcoti is widely found in and around Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean.

References

Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigé par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908–1910): Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. Jacques Liouville: Gastropodes prosobranches et scaphopodes. Bulletin Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 318–324 Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183–286 Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

Harpovoluta charcoti (Lamy, 1910). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2012) The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). MNHN, Paris: syntype