Harpa

This article is about the genus of sea snails. For the concert hall in Reykjavík, see Harpa (concert hall).
Harpa
A live individual of Harpa major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Harpidae
Subfamily: Harpinae
Genus: Harpa
Röding, 1798[1]
Type species
Buccinum harpa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Harpalis Link, 1807

Harpa, common name the "harp snails", is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae. [2]

Harpa is the type genus of the family Harpidae.

Species

Species in the genus Harpa include:

Species brought into synonymy
Nomen dubium



References

  1. Röding (1798). Mus. Bolten. (2): 149.
  2. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Harpa Röding, 1798. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205853 on 2016-02-28

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