Hastula cinerea

Hastula cinerea, common name the grey Atlantic auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Hastula cinerea
Several views of a shell of Impages cinerea
Scientific classification
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H. cinerea
Binomial name
Hastula cinerea
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum cinereum Born, 1778 (original combination)
  • Hastula luctuosa (Hinds, 1958)
  • Impages cinerea (Born, 1778)
  • Terebra acuta Deshayes, 1857
  • Terebra cinerea (Born, 1778)
  • Terebra jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Terebra laurina Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra luctuosa Hinds, 1844

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 68 mm.
Protoconch is a very dark/black sharp tip, and a horny brown operculum is present.
No periostracum, shell is glossy overall.

Distribution

This shallow-water species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Cape Verde, Senegal and Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225109 on 2020-02-02
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Bouchet P. (1983 ["1982"]) Les Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 18: 185–216.
  • 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.


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