Harpa major
Harpa major | |
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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 |
Subfamily: | Harpinae |
Genus: | Harpa |
Species: | H. major |
Binomial name | |
Harpa major Röding, 1798 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Harpa major, common name large harp,[1] or major harp,[2] is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae, the harp snails and their allies. [1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 130 mm . The average adult reaches 3 1/2 inches and the shells have an ovate body with a heavily calloused spire. The columella, or the lower portion of the inside coil, has dark brown coloring.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Mascarene Basin; off Hawaii
References
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
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