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Harpidae
Sign in to saveThe 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
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- 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
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- Commons category
- Harpidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Harpidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Harpidae
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- 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.