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Harpa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Synonyms
  • Harpalis was named by Link (1807) [HISTORY: Synonym of Harpa Röding 1798 [Vokes 1998].]. It is extant. Its type is Harpalis major.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Harpa by Vokes (1998).
  • Harparia was named by Rafinesque (1815) [HISTORY: Synonym of Harpa Röding 1798 [Vokes 1998].]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Harpa by Vokes (1998).
  • Cithara was named by Jousseaume (1881) [HISTORY: Synonym of Harpa Röding 1798 [Vokes 1998].]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Harpa by Vokes (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Harpa Röding p. 179
1807Harpalis Link p. 114
1815Harparia Rafinesque p. 145
1881Cithara Jousseaume
1931Harpa Olsson p. 114
1947Harpa Harris and Palmer p. 397
1967Harpa Abbass p. 105
1977Harpa Ladd p. 67
1984Harpa Vokes p. 56
1993Harpa Wilson p. 137
1998Harpa Vokes pp. 13, 14
2001Harpa Todd
2002Harpa Sepkoski
2010Harpa Landau and Marques da Silva p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyHarpidaeBronn 1849
subfamilyHarpinaeBronn 1849
genusHarpaRöding 1798

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.

G. Harpa Röding 1798
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†Harpa americana Pilsbry 1922
Harpa conoidalis Lamarck 1843
Harpa crenata Swainson 1822
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Invalid names: Harpa rivoliana Lesson 1834 [synonym], Harpa scripta Valenciennes 1832 [synonym]
Harpa doris Röding 1798
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Invalid names: Harpa rosea Lamarck 1816 [replaced]
Harpa gracilis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Harpa harpa Linnaeaus 1758
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Invalid names: Harpa nobilis Röding 1798 [synonym]
†Harpa horrida Dunker 1847
†Harpa isthmica Vokes 1984
†Harpa jacksonensis Harris 1896
†Harpa mutica Lamarck 1803
†Harpa myrmia Olsson 1931
†Harpa omarai Abbass 1967
†Harpa soriensis Eames 1952
Invalid names: Cithara Jousseaume 1881 [synonym], Harpalis Link 1807 [synonym], Harparia Rafinesque 1815 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) Eocithara mutica (177655)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Eocithara mutica (171521)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) H. crescentensis (201133)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Eocithara mutica (200144)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt H. omarai (2955)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) Eocithara mutica (178124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Eocithara mutica (8012)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Eocithara mutica (94590 171532) H. mutica (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan H. soriensis (183867)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Eocithara mutica (178119)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) H. jacksonensis (90471 90704)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) H. sp. (91119 205430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) H. jacksonensis (92374 205501)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru H. myria (179594)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania H. mutica (101967)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) H. vicksburgiana (6002 6005)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Western Australia) H. sp. (70714)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia H. minor (70085)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama H. sp. (145520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Guam H. amouretta (77939)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia H. conoidalis (70077 70098 70099)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) H. americana (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador H. isthmica, H. americana (41757)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) H. crenata (111211)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic H. americana (90615)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica H. sp. (66790)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia H. conoidalis (70080)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela H. crenata (111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) H. americana (59420) H. isthmica (92449 92779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama H. crenata (111213)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji H. sp. (94832)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu H. major (78042)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) H. armouret (96682)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu H. major (78043)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Cape Verde H. rosea (89617)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) H. amouretta (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) H. rosea (92710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya H. sp. (81099)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles H. sp. (81007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain H. rosea (128385)