Hastula albula

Hastula albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species: H. albula
Binomial name
Hastula albula
(Menke, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hastula albula albula (Menke, 1843)
  • Hastula albula natalensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Terebra albula Menke, 1843
  • Terebra bipartita Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra casta var. natalensis E.A. Smith, 1903
  • Terebra incolor Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra mediapacifica melior Pilsbry, 1921
  • Terebra medipacifica Pilsbry, 1921
  • Terebra mera Hinds, 1844

Hastula albula, common name : the white-banded auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Hastula albula (Menke, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.


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