Hastula cinerea

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Hastula cinerea
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Several views of a shell of Impages cinerea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. cinerea
Binomial name
Hastula cinerea
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum cinereumBorn, 1778 (original combination)
  • Hastula luctuosa(Hinds, 1958)
  • Impages cinerea(Born, 1778)
  • Terebra acutaDeshayes, 1857
  • Terebra cinerea(Born, 1778)
  • Terebra jamaicensisC. B. Adams, 1850
  • Terebra laurinaHinds, 1844
  • Terebra luctuosaHinds, 1844

Hastula cinerea, the grey Atlantic auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 68 mm.
Protoconch is a very dark/black sharp tip, and a horny brown operculum is present.
No periostracum, shell is glossy overall.

Distribution

This shallow-water species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Cape Verde, Senegal and Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225109 on 2020-02-02

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