Hastula apicitincta
Several views of a shell of Hastula apicitincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. apicitincta
Binomial name
Hastula apicitincta
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella eulimoides W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Impages apicitincta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  • Terebra apicitincta G.B. Sowerby III, 1900

Hastula apicitincta 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 15 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hastula apicitincta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447315 on 2021-03-17
  • Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 118
  • 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.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
  • "Impages apicitincta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388


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