| Harpa davidis | |
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| Five views of a shell of Harpa davidis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Harpidae |
| Genus: | Harpa |
| Species: | H. davidis |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpa davidis Röding, 1798 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Harpa davidis, common name the Madras harp or David harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails. [1]
This species is widespread over Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Hawaii and it is present in the South Eastern India and in the Andaman Sea. [2] [3] [4]
The Madras harp lives on sublittoral and offshore sandy bottoms at depths of 5 to 250 m. [5]
Shells of Harpa davidis can reach a size of 60–119 millimetres (2.4–4.7 in). [2] These shells are usually smoothy and glossy, pale brown or reddish-brown, with strong axial ribs, a wide aperture and characteristic decorative markings. The ventral side of body whorl usually shows two-three large brown blotches, [5] but may also be completely brown.
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