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Harpa omarai

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Taxonomy

Harpa omarai was named by Abbass (1967) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Egypt.]. Its type specimen is G. 378, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. amouretta, H. armouret, H. crescentensis, H. major, H. minor, H. myria, H. vicksburgiana, H. muticaeformis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1967	Harpa omarai Abbass p. 105 figs. pl. 17, figs. 15-16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Harpidae	Bronn 1849
subfamily	Harpinae	Bronn 1849
genus	Harpa	Röding 1798
species	omarai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Harpa omarai Abbass 1967

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:21:02

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:02

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Egypt	Harpa omarai (2955)