Hastula matheroniana

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

Hastula matheroniana
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula matheroniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. matheroniana
Binomial name
Hastula matheroniana (Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
Hastula lauta Pease, 1869 Terebra lauta Pease, 1869 Terebra matheroniana Deshayes, 1859 Terebra modesta Deshayes, 1859 Terebra strigilata summatrana Thiele, 1925

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

References

1. Hastula matheroniana (Deshayes, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.

• 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
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
• Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• "Hastula matheroniana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Deshayes G.P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 270-321
• Pease W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 5: 64-79.
• 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