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AfReMaS taxon detailsHarpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
208159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208159)
accepted
Species
Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208159 on 2026-06-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208159 on 2026-06-06
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original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916) Melvill, J. C. (1916). Notes on the genus Harpa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(1): 25-32, 15(2): 33-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904266 page(s): 31, 37 [details] basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details] additional source Dance S.P. & Poppe G.T. (1999). Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography. ConchBooks. 69 pp. [details] additional source Rehder H.A. (1973). The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16) : 207-274., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46313116 [details] additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 94 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00406) (from synonym Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916) To Malacopics (Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Park Rynie, sandy coral... To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection |
