Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hastula strigilata, common name the strigate auger, the strigillate auger or the combed auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Hastula strigilata | |
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A shell of Hastula strigilata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Hastula |
Species: | H. strigilata |
Binomial name | |
Hastula strigilata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 56 mm.
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This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific off Hawaii and French Polynesia.
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