WoRMS taxon details
Harpa amouretta Röding, 1798
AphiaID: 208165
AphiaID: 208165
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Harpidae (Family) > Harpinae (Subfamily) > Harpa (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Harpa Röding, 1798 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Harpa crassa Krauss, 1848 Harpa minor Lamarck, 1822 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong. [details] basis of record: DANCE, S.P. & G.T. POPPE, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p. [details] basis of record: Rehder H.A. (1973). The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16) : 207-274. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Poppe G.T., Brulet T. & Dance S.P. (1999). The family Harpidae. Conchological Iconography. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 69pp. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: As H. harpa, up to 7 cm, with 11-14 axial ribs and higher spire. Colour white with cream and pale brown banding. Columella with large, central purple blotch; aperture white. Habitat: shallow and deep sands. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Harpa amouretta Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208165 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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