Hastula strigilata

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
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 (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum concinnum Dillwyn, 1817 Buccinum concinnum Wood, 1825 Buccinum strigilatum Linnaeus, 1758 Hastula verreauxi Deshayes, 1857 Terebra argenvillii Deshayes, 1859 Terebra striatula Kiener, 1839 Terebra strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra strigilata gracilior Thiele, 1925 Terebra verreauxi Deshayes, 1857 Vertagus strigilatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

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.