Hastula hectica

Hastula hectica
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula hectica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hectica
Binomial name
Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum bifasciatumDillwyn, 1817 Buccinum edentulumGmelin, 1791 Buccinum hecticumLinnaeus, 1758 Buccinum niveumGmelin, 1791 Buccinum terebraleMenke, 1828 Bullia fuscusGray in Dieffenbach, 1834 Hastula hectica(Linnaeus, 1758) Impages hectica(Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra caerulescensLamarck, 1822 Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensisLesson, 1830 Terebra castaneaKiener, 1839 Terebra flammulataMartens, 1880 Terebra hecticaDautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. albaDautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. fuscaDautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. nimbosaDautzenberg, 1935 Terebra nimbosaHinds, 1844

Hastula hectica, common name the sandbeach auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Terryn, Y. (2012). Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217087 on 2012-10-14

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Impages hectica 44

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