Hastula salleana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Hastula salleana
Shell of Hastula salleana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. salleana
Binomial name
Hastula salleana
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Impages salleana (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra sallaeana Deshayes, 1859 (original spelling)
  • Terebra salleana Deshayes, 1859

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Northwest Florida, USA; in the Caribbean Sea off Martinique, Colombia; in the Atlantic Ocean off Central Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hastula salleana (Deshayes, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420229 on 2021-03-19
  • Terryn Y. (2020). A review of Western Atlantic Hastula (Conoidea: Terebridae), with the description of a new species from Mexico. Gloria Maris. 59(3): 102-107. page(s): 103, pl. 1 figs 16-18, pl. 2 fig. 1
  • 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
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