Harpa major

Harpa major

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
Species:	H. major
Binomial name
*Harpa major* Röding, 1798
Synonyms^[1]
Harpa conoidalis Lamarck, 1822 Harpa kawamurai Habe, 1973 Harpa ligata Menke, 1828 Harpa major major Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1801

Harpa major, common name large harp,^[1] or major harp,^[2] is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae, the harp snails and their allies. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 130 mm . The average adult reaches 3 1/2 inches and the shells have an ovate body with a heavily calloused spire. The columella, or the lower portion of the inside coil, has dark brown coloring.^[2]

Shell top, and whole animal of Harpa major

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Mascarene Basin; off Hawaii

References

1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Harpa major Röding, 1798. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208166 on 2016-02-28
1 2 The Encyclopedia of Shells 1998 Kenneth R. Wye

Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.

External links

Gastropods.com info, shell images

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