Biology:Hastula raphanula

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Hastula raphanula
Duplicaria raphanula 001.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula raphanula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. raphanula
Binomial name
Hastula raphanula
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Duplicaria deynzerorum Sprague, 2004
  • Duplicaria raphanula (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Subula raphanula (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Terebra raphanula Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Hastula raphanula, common name (little) radish 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 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off South Africa , Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, the Philippines , New Guinea and the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hastula raphanula (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415841 on 2020-01-23
  • 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.
  • Sprague. 2004. Four New Species of Terebridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Philippine Islands. Beagle 20 : 25-29
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1055915 entry