Hastula bacillus
Shell of Hastula bacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. bacillus
Binomial name
Hastula bacillus
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Impages bacillus (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra bacillus Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra lactea Deshayes, 1859

Hastula bacillus 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 13 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka and Western Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Hawaii.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hastula bacillus (Deshayes, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447316 on 2021-03-17
  • 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Terryn Y. & Keppens M. (2020). A re-evaluation of the taxa Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hastula bacillus (Deshayes, 1859) (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Terebridae), with the description of a new species and reassessment of four historical synonyms. Gloria Maris. 58(4): 125-136.

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