African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Harpago Mörch, 1852

AphiaID

531658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531658)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lambis harpago Röding, 1798 accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)

Parent

Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pterocera (Harpago) Mörch, 1852

Synonymised names

Bothrodon Kerr, 1927 · unaccepted

Lambis (Harpago) Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted

Pterocera (Harpago) Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
Species Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Harpago rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Species Harpago arthritica [sic] accepted as Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Harpago rugosa [sic] accepted as Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Harpago rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pterocera (Harpago) Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Harpago Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531658 on 2025-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-10-13 04:59:26Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2011-04-06 18:28:01Z

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2014-04-20 07:27:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-31 17:33:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Bothrodon Kerr, 1927) Kerr, J. G. (1927). Bothrodon pridii, an Extinct Serpent of Gigantic Dimensions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 46: 314–315. [details]

original description (of Pterocera (Harpago) Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 60 [details]

Other

additional source Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details]

additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. American Journal of Conchology. 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 136-137 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpago)