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]

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)

Description

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

Distribution

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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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  1. ^ a b Hastula strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
  • Link D.H.F. (1807) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 3 Abt. [3 parts]. Rostock, Adlers Erben. 166 pp. page(s): 129
  • 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.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • 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
  • Terryn Y. (2018). A new species of Hastula from Negros, Philippines. Xenophora Taxonomy. 22: 19-21
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