Hastula hastata

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)

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]

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

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/5/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.