Hastula tenuicolorata

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

Hastula tenuicolorata
Shell of Hastula tenuicolorata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Hastula
Species:
H. tenuicolorata
Binomial name
Hastula tenuicolorata
Bozzetti, 2008

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar

References
  1. Hastula tenuicolorata Bozzetti, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
  • Bozzetti L. (2008). Six new Terebridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Terebridae) from southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 60: 9-14


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