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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda

Familia Incertae sedis: Harpidae
Subfamiliae (2 + 1†): HarpinaeMoruminae – †Cryptochordinae
Overview of genera (3 + 2†)

Austroharpa – Harpa – Morum – †Cryptochorda – †Eocithara
Name

Harpidae Bronn, 1849
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Harpidae in the World Register of Marine Species

The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.[2]

This family is temporarily classified in the superfamily Neogastropoda incertae sedis. [3]
Subfamilies and genera

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

Harpinae Bronn, 1849
† Cryptochordinae Korobkov, 1955
Moruminae Hughes & Emerson, 1987[4]

Genera in the family Harpidae include:

Genus † Asiaharpa Raven, 2021
Harpinae

Austroharpa Finlay, 1931
† Eocithara P. Fischer, 1883
Harpa 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 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

References

(in German) Bronn H. G. 1849. Index Palaeontologicus: Oder Übersicht der bis jetzt bekannten fossilen Organismen, II, Abt. B, Enumerator paleontologicus. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 972 pp. Harpidae is on the page 469.
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Harpidae Bronn, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196294 on 2024-09-10
Hughes & Emerson. (1 April) 1987. The Veliger, 29(4):357.

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