Hastula hectica

Hastula hectica, common name the sandbeach auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Hastula hectica
Apertural view of a shell of Hastula hectica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hectica
Binomial name
Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817 Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758 Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828 Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834 Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822 Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis Lesson, 1830 Terebra castanea Kiener, 1839 Terebra flammulata Martens, 1880 Terebra hectica Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. alba Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra hectica var. nimbosa Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra nimbosa Hinds, 1844

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.