Hastula hastata

Hastula hastata is a species of sea snail in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1] It is known by the common name shiny auger.^[2]

Hastula hastata
Shell of Hastula hastata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hastata
Binomial name
Hastula hastata (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum hastatum Gmelin, 1791 Terebra costata Menke, 1828 Terebra crassula Deshayes, 1859 Terebra hastata (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution

This snail is native to the coast of the western Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs from Florida to Brazil.;^[3] also off Martinique and Barbados.

Three shells of Hastula hastata, from South coast of Barbados, in 3 m. depth, in sand