Hastula penicillata

Hastula penicillata
Shell of Hastula penicillata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. penicillata
Binomial name
Hastula penicillata (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
Acuminia penicillata(Hinds, 1844) Acuminia venosa(Hinds, 1844) Hastula betsyaeBurch, 1965 Terebra penicillataHinds, 1844 Terebra venosaHinds, 1844

Hastula penicillata 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 25 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Seychelles and Madagascar; off Easter Island and Hawaii; off New Zealand.

References

1. Hastula penicillata (Hinds, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 April 2010.

• Burch, R. D., 1965. New Terebrid Species from the Indo-Pacific Ocean and from the Gulf of Mexico, with New Locality Records and Provisional Lists of Species Collected in Western Australia and Sabah, Malaysia. The Veliger 7(4): 241-253
• 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.
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & Natural Art. 59 pp + 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.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,

External links

• Hinds R.B. (1844 ["1843"]). Descriptions of new shells, collected during the voyage of the Sulphur, and in Mr. Cuming's late visit to the Philippines. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 149-159
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• 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
• Gastropods.com: Hastula penicillata

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