Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Synonyms: Cithara Jousseaume 1881, Harpalis Link 1807, Harparia Rafinesque 1815
Parent taxon: Harpinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Abbass 1967, Harris and Palmer 1947, Ladd 1977, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1984, Vokes 1998 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxon: Eoharpa
Subtaxa: Harpa americana Harpa conoidalis Harpa crenata Harpa doris Harpa gracilis Harpa harpa Harpa horrida Harpa isthmica Harpa jacksonensis Harpa mutica Harpa myrmia Harpa omarai Harpa soriensis Harpalis major
Type: Buccinum harpa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cape Verde (1 collection), Fiji (1), Kenya (1), Panama (1), the Seychelles (1), Spain (2), United States (2: Hawaii), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), Indonesia (1), Mexico (3), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (4), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (7), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Romania (1), United States (9: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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