The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a

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of large

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s, marine gastropod mollusks.

Subfamilies and genera

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): *

Harpinae Harpinae is a subfamily of sea snails within the family Harpidae. Genera *''Austroharpa'' Finlay, 1931 * † ''Eocithara'' P. Fischer, 1883 *''Harpa ''Harpa'', common name the "harp snails", is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine ...

Bronn, 1849 * † Cryptochordinae Korobkov, 1955 * Moruminae Hughes & Emerson, 1987Hughes & Emerson. (1 April) 1987.

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Austroharpa ''Austroharpa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.Finlay H.J. (1931). On Austrosassia, Austroharpa, and Austrolithes, new genera; with some remarks on the gastropod protoconch. Transactions of the Royal ...

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Eocithara ''Eocithara'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Harpidae The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Sub ...

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Harpa ''Harpa'', common name the "harp snails", is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Harpa Röding, 1798. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Harpidae * ''Harpalis'' Link, 1807: synonym of ''Harpa'' Röding, 1798 * ''Palamharpa'' Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''Austroharpa'' Finlay, 1931 ;† Cryptochordinae * † '' Cryptochorda'' Mörch, 1858 - type genus of the subfamily Cryptochordinae ; Moruminae *''

Morum ''Morum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Moruminae of the family Harpidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Morum'' Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...

'' Röding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Moruminae * ''Cancellomorum'' Emerson & Old, 1963: synonym of ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Herculea'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858: synonym of ''Morum'' (Herculea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 represented as ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Lambidium'' Link, 1807: synonym of ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Onimusiro'' Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Oniscia'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Oniscidia'' Mörch, 1852: synonym of ''Morum (Oniscidia)'' Mörch, 1852 represented as ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Pulchroniscia'' Garrard, 1961: synonym of ''Morum (Oniscidia)'' Mörch, 1852 represented as ''Morum'' Röding, 1798 Image:Cryptochorda stromboides 01.JPG, '' Cryptochorda stromboides'' Image:Harpa davidis 01.JPG, ''

Harpa davidis ''Harpa davidis'', common name the Madras harp or David harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or ...

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Morum cancellatum ''Morum cancellatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. S ...

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References

Gastropod families Taxa named by Heinrich Georg Bronn {{Harpidae-stub