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Harpidae

Summary

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

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

See text

Subfamilies and genera edit

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

  • Harpinae Bronn, 1849
  • † Cryptochordinae Korobkov, 1955
  • Moruminae Hughes & Emerson, 1987[3]

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

References edit

  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. ^ Hughes & Emerson. (1 April) 1987. The Veliger, 29(4):357.

External links edit

 
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  • 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   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.