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

Hastula bacillus
Shell of Hastula bacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Hastula
Species:
H. bacillus
Binomial name
Hastula bacillus
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Impages bacillus (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra bacillus Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra lactea Deshayes, 1859

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka and Western Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Hawaii.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hastula bacillus (Deshayes, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447316 on 2021-03-17
  • 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Terryn Y. & Keppens M. (2020). A re-evaluation of the taxa Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hastula bacillus (Deshayes, 1859) (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Terebridae), with the description of a new species and reassessment of four historical synonyms. Gloria Maris. 58(4): 125-136.

External links edit

  Media related to Impages bacillus at Wikimedia Commons