Harpidae
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Harpidae, common name
the harp snails, is a taxonomic family
of large predatory sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks.
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Genera in the family Harpidae include:
Harpinae
† Cryptochordinae
Moruminae
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Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
the harp snails, is a taxonomic family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of large predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine gastropod mollusks.
Subfamilies and genera
This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
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- Harpinae BronnBronnBronn may refer to:* Gwenn Teir Bronn, figure in Welsh mythology* Heinrich Georg Bronn , German geologist and paleontologist* Bronn , character in the epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire...
, 1849 - † Cryptochordinae Korobkov, 1955
- Moruminae Hughes & Emerson, 1987
Genera in the family Harpidae include:
Harpinae
- HarpaHarpaHarpa, common name the "harp snails", is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.Harpa is the type genus of the family Harpidae.-Species:Species in the genus Harpa include:...
Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Harpidae
† Cryptochordinae
- † Cryptochorda Mörch, 1858 - type genus of the subfamily Cryptochordinae
Moruminae
- Morum Röding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Moruminae
subfamily ?
- AustroharpaAustroharpaAustroharpa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.-Species:Species within the genus Austroharpa include:* Austroharpa exquisita * Austroharpa learorum Hart & Limpus, 1998...
Finlay, 1931