Hastula hectica

Hastula hectica
	Apertural view of a shell of Hastula hectica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hectica
Binomial name
	Hastula hectica; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817; Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758; Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828; Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834; Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758); Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758); Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822; Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis Lesson, 1830; Terebra castanea Kiener, 1839; Terebra flammulata Martens, 1880; Terebra hectica Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. alba Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. nimbosa Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra nimbosa Hinds, 1844;

Hastula hectica, common name the sandbeach 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 30 mm and 80 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.

^ ^a ^b 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

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.
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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

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Hastula hectica

Apertural view of a shell of Hastula hectica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hectica
Binomial name
*Hastula hectica* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817 Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758 Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828 Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834 Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822 Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis Lesson, 1830 Terebra castanea Kiener, 1839 Terebra flammulata Martens, 1880 Terebra hectica Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. alba Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. nimbosa Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra nimbosa Hinds, 1844