Harpa major
A live individual of Harpa major
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Harpidae
Genus:	Harpa
Species:	H. major
Binomial name
Harpa major Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
Harpa conoidalis Lamarck, 1822 Harpa kawamurai Habe, 1973 Harpa ligata Menke, 1828 Harpa major major Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1801

Harpa major, common name large harp,^[1] or major harp,^[2] is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae, the harp snails and their allies.^[1]

The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 130 mm . The average adult reaches 3 1/2 inches and the shells have an ovate body with a heavily calloused spire. The columella, or the lower portion of the inside coil, has dark brown coloring.^[2]

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It has a long siphon, a large mouth and a very large foot in proportion to its shell, which it uses to hunt its prey. A voracious nocturnal predator of benthic crustaceans on sandy bottoms, it can prey on crabs as large as itself.

This marine species occurs off East Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Mascarene Basin; off Hawaii

• Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.

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• Gastropods.com info, shell images
• Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.