Hastula strigilata
A shell of Hastula strigilata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. strigilata
Binomial name
Hastula strigilata
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum concinnum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Buccinum concinnum Wood, 1825
  • Buccinum strigilatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hastula verreauxi Deshayes, 1857
  • Terebra argenvillii Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra striatula Kiener, 1839
  • Terebra strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra strigilata gracilior Thiele, 1925
  • Terebra verreauxi Deshayes, 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]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 56 mm.

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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

  1. ^ a b Hastula strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.

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