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]
Shell top, and whole animal of Harpa major
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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