Hastula albula

Hastula albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. albula
Binomial name
	Hastula albula; (Menke, 1843)
Synonyms
	Hastula albula albula (Menke, 1843); Hastula albula natalensis (E. A. Smith, 1903); Terebra albula Menke, 1843; Terebra bipartita Deshayes, 1859; Terebra casta var. natalensis E.A. Smith, 1903; Terebra incolor Deshayes, 1859; Terebra mediapacifica melior Pilsbry, 1921; Terebra medipacifica Pilsbry, 1921; Terebra mera Hinds, 1844;

Hastula albula (the white-banded auger) is a species of sea snail in the family Terebridae.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 70 mm.

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.

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