Hastula strigilata

Hastula strigilata, common name the strigate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Hastula strigilata
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula strigilata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Hastula
Species:
H. strigilata
Binomial name
Hastula strigilata
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum concinnum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Buccinum concinnum Wood, 1825
  • Buccinum strigilatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hastula verreauxi Deshayes, 1857
  • Terebra argenvillii Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra striatula Kiener, 1839
  • Terebra strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra strigilata gracilior Thiele, 1925
  • Terebra verreauxi Deshayes, 1857
  • Vertagus strigilatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific off Hawaii and French Polynesia.

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References
  1. Hastula strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
  • Link D.H.F. (1807) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 3 Abt. [3 parts]. Rostock, Adlers Erben. 166 pp. page(s): 129
  • Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp.
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
  • Castelin M., Puillandre N., Kantor Yu. I., Modica M.V., Terryn Y., Cruaud C., Bouchet P. & Holford M. (2012) Macroevolution of venom apparatus innovations in auger snails (Gastropoda; Conoidea; Terebridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 21–44


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