Skip to content
Harpidae

Specimen image via iDigBio · BY

EntityQ510384· pop 13· linked from 76 articles

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

Species

harp shells

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyHarpidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded11,510

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
69
With media
6
Family
Harpidae
Collections
SDNHM, USNM, AUM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, CAS
Recorded in
United States, Vanuatu, Australia, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Archipel Des Marquises

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Neogastropoda
Image
Harpidae sp.jpg
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Harpidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Harpidae
topic's main category
Category:Harpidae
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Subfamilies and genera
  • References
  • External links

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

This family is temporarily classified in the superfamily Neogastropoda incertae sedis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harpidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.