Superfamily Cancellarioidea Subfamily Plesiotritoninae Rank Species | ||
Tritonoharpa lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Contents
Description
These mollusks inhabit a conical spiral shell no more than 38 mm in length.
Distribution
Tritonoharpa lanceolata can be found along the coast-line of the south-eastern United States from North Carolina to Florida. It is also found along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. They are found mostly in shallow waters near the coast usually between 1 m and 18 m in depth.
References
Tritonoharpa lanceolata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA