Hastula hastata

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
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)

This snail is native to the coast of the western Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs from Florida to Brazil.[3]

References
  1. 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.
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