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Minor harp
Harpa amouretta
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208165, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Minor harp
- Scientific
- Harpa amouretta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Harpidae (harp snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The minor harp has a shell with strong, glossy ribs running along its length, patterned in pink, brown and cream. It lives on sand near reefs and hunts crabs, holding them with its large foot.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=14); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=16, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Harpa-amouretta.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208165
- inaturalist.org /taxa/390306
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Harpa_amouretta_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.