Harpidae

Harpidae
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
Bronn, 1849[1]
Genera

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Harpidae, common name the harp snails, is 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

† Cryptochordinae

Moruminae

subfamily ?

References

  1. ^ (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.