Hastula strigilata

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Hastula strigilata
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A shell of Hastula strigilata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. strigilata
Binomial name
Hastula strigilata
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum concinnumDillwyn, 1817
  • Buccinum concinnumWood, 1825
  • Buccinum strigilatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hastula verreauxiDeshayes, 1857
  • Terebra argenvilliiDeshayes, 1859
  • Terebra striatulaKiener, 1839
  • Terebra strigilata(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra strigilata graciliorThiele, 1925
  • Terebra verreauxiDeshayes, 1857
  • Vertagus strigilatus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Hastula strigilata, common name the strigate auger, the strigillate auger or the combed 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 18 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific off Hawaii and French Polynesia.

References

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