Harpidae
| Harpidae | |
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| A live individual of Harpa major | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Harpidae Bronn, 1849[1] |
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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]
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:
- Harpinae
- Austroharpa Finlay, 1931
- † Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883
- Harpa Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Harpidae
- Harpalis Link, 1807: synonym of Harpa Röding, 1798
- Palamharpa Iredale, 1931: synonym of Austroharpa Finlay, 1931
- † Cryptochordinae
- † Cryptochorda Mörch, 1858 - type genus of the subfamily Cryptochordinae
- Moruminae
- Morum Röding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Moruminae
- Cancellomorum Emerson & Old, 1963: synonym of Morum Röding, 1798
- Herculea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858: synonym of Morum (Herculea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 represented as Morum Röding, 1798
- Lambidium Link, 1807: synonym of Morum Röding, 1798
- Onimusiro Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of Morum Röding, 1798
- Oniscia G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Morum Röding, 1798
- Oniscidia Mörch, 1852: synonym of Morum (Oniscidia) Mörch, 1852 represented as Morum Röding, 1798
- Pulchroniscia Garrard, 1961: synonym of Morum (Oniscidia) Mörch, 1852 represented as Morum Röding, 1798
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Un harpidae vivant.
References
- ^ (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.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Hughes & Emerson. (1 April) 1987. The Veliger, 29(4):357.
External links
- Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
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