OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Harpidae
Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Harpalis nobilis auct.
Buccinum harpa Linnaeus, 1758
Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Harpa nobilis Röding, 1798
Common Name
Noble Harp p.170 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Berkhout, 1992: "...from East Africa (Somalia) and Mauritius to Samoa, Tonga and Okinawa."
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Chagos Archipelago
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W): Laccadive Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Philippine Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: East China Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Caroline Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Mariana Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tonga
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W): Kerala
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Samoan Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Gulf of Thailand
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Mindanao
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.105
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ known only from crabbed shells taken from 40m
]
substrate: sandy mud [ sandy-mud in deep water
]
References
Hinton, A. 1972. p.42 Distribution
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.284 Distribution
Poppe, G.T. & Brulet, T. 1999. pl.19,20 Distribution
Rehder, H.A. 1973. p.237, pl. 187, figs 7-10 [ illustration, description, distribution, synonymy, type data
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.137 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Harpidae Bronn, 1849
Harpa Röding, 1798
Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12673) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-31.