Hastula hastata is a species of sea snail in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1] It is known by the common name shiny auger.[2]

Hastula hastata
Shell of Hastula hastata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. hastata
Binomial name
Hastula hastata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum hastatum Gmelin, 1791
Terebra costata Menke, 1828
Terebra crassula Deshayes, 1859
Terebra hastata (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution edit

This snail is native to the coast of the western Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs from Florida to Brazil.;[3] also off Martinique and Barbados.

 
Three shells of Hastula hastata, from South coast of Barbados, in 3 m. depth, in sand

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hastula hastata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
  2. ^ Hastula hastata. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  3. ^ Abbate, D. and P. O. Vaz de Lima. (2014). First record of Hastula hastata (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Conoidea: Terebridae) from Trindade Island, a southwestern Atlantic oceanic island off Brazil. CheckList 10(1) 202–04.
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1859. A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 270-321
  • Bratcher, T., 1977. - Deshayes' terebrid types in Ecole des Mines, Paris. The Nautilus 91(2): 39-42
  • Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W. O., 1987 - Living Terebras of the world, a monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world, p. 240 pp
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & Natural Art. 59 pp + plates

External links edit

  Media related to Hastula hastata at Wikimedia Commons