Harpago arthriticus
Harpago arthriticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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]

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

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.

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

• "Harpago chiragra arthritica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.