Biology:Hastula hastata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Hastula hastata
Hastula hastata (MNHN-IM-2013-71324).jpeg
Shell of Hastula hastata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
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)

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]

Distribution

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  • 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


Wikidata ☰ Q3171542 entry