''Hastula hastata'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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in the
family
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Terebridae
The Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a group or family of small to large predatory marine gastropods in the superfamily Conoidea.Gofas, S. (2012). Terebridae. World Register of Marine Specie2012-10-12
These ga ...
, the auger snails.
It is known by the common name shiny auger.
Distribution
This snail is native to the coast of the western
Atlantic Ocean
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, where it occurs from
Florida
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to
Brazil
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.
[Abbate, D. and P. O. Vaz de Lima. (2014)]
First record of ''Hastula hastata'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Conoidea: Terebridae) from Trindade Island, a southwestern Atlantic oceanic island off Brazil.
''CheckList'' 10(1) 202–04.; also off
Martinique
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and Barbados.
References
* Deshayes, G. P., 1859. A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 270-321
* Bratcher, T., 1977. - Deshayes' terebrid types in Ecole des Mines, Paris. The Nautilus 91(2): 39-42
* Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W. O., 1987 - Living Terebras of the world, a monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world, p. 240 pp
* Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & Natural Art. 59 pp + plates
External links
Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig pp. 3021-3910.">eipzig">Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig
pp. 3021-3910.
Deshayes G.P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 270-321 Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas 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): 359-388MNHN, Paris: lectotype
Terebridae
Gastropods described in 1791
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