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Hastula solida

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Species of gastropod

Hastula solida
Two shells of Hastula solida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species: H. solida
Binomial name
Hastula solida
(Deshayes, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum aciculatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Terebra clarkei M. Smith, 1912
  • Terebra solida Deshayes, 1857 (original combination)

Hastula solida, common name the solid auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 35 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, New Guinea and Fiji.

References

  1. ^ Hastula solida (Deshayes, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 October 2012.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • 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

Media related to Hastula solida at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Hastula solida


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