Species Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum harpa Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [738].
• Harpa nobilis Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [150].

 

Generic Combinations

• Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [137, pl. 30, figs 9a-b]
• Harpalis nobilis (Röding, 1798) [new combination]. —
  Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [114]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands. Addition records from AMS Collection: North Queensland region 41 (C.458428)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, in sandy mud, marine.

 

General References

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [42]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [284]

Poppe, G.T. & Brulet, T. 1999. A Conchological Iconography: The Family Harpidae. Germany : Conchbooks 69 pp., 51 pls. [pl. 19,20]

Rehder, H.A. 1973. The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16): 207-274 [237, pl. 187, figs 7-10]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [137]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [170] (Noble Harp)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	HARPIDAE	20-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED