Harpidae

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Harpidae
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A live individual of Harpa major
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Harpidae
Bronn, 1849 [1]
Genera

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The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. [2]

Contents

This family is temporarily classified in the superfamily Neogastropoda incertae sedis. [3]

Subfamilies and genera

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera in the family Harpidae include:

Genus † Asiaharpa Raven, 2021
Harpinae
† Cryptochordinae
Moruminae

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References

  1. (in German) Bronn H. G. 1849. Index Palaeontologicus: Oder Übersicht der bis jetzt bekannten fossilen Organismen, II, Abt. B, Enumerator paleontologicus. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 972 pp. Harpidae is on the page 469.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2).
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Harpidae Bronn, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196294 on 2024-09-10
  4. Hughes & Emerson. (1 April) 1987. The Veliger, 29(4):357.