Harpa americana Pilsbry 1922 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Belongs to Harpa according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1982, Perrilliat 1960, Pitt 1981 and Vokes 1998

Sister taxa: 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 specimen: Its type locality is Quebrada Camarones [Esmeraldas Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/sandstone in the Esmeraldas Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 1444, Río Yaque del Norte [Gurabo Fm]

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