Biology:Hastula matheroniana

Short description: Species of gastropod

Hastula matheroniana
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula matheroniana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. matheroniana
Binomial name
Hastula matheroniana (Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms
Hastula lauta Pease, 1869 Terebra lauta Pease, 1869 Terebra matheroniana Deshayes, 1859 Terebra modesta Deshayes, 1859 Terebra strigilata summatrana Thiele, 1925

Hastula matheroniana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

References

• 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
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• "Hastula matheroniana" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_4879.shtml. 
• 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
• Pease W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 5: 64-79.
• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388

Wikidata ☰ Q5680593 entry