Hastula strigilata

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 (Linnaeus, 1758)
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)

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]

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.

References

• 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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