''Hastula hectica'', common name the sandbeach auger, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Terebridae, the auger snails.
[Bouchet, P.; Terryn, Y. (2012). Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217087 on 2012-10-14]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.
References
* Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea.'' Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
* 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.
* Terryn Y. (2007). ''Terebridae: A Collectors Guide''. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
* 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
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Impages hectica''44
Terebridae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Fauna of the Red Sea
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