Hastula cinerea

Hastula cinerea, common name the grey Atlantic auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Hastula cinerea
Several views of a shell of Impages cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. cinerea
Binomial name
Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778)
Synonyms
Buccinum cinereum Born, 1778 (original combination) Hastula luctuosa (Hinds, 1958) Impages cinerea (Born, 1778) Terebra acuta Deshayes, 1857 Terebra cinerea (Born, 1778) Terebra jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1850 Terebra laurina Hinds, 1844 Terebra luctuosa Hinds, 1844

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 68 mm.
Protoconch is a very dark/black sharp tip, and a horny brown operculum is present.
No periostracum, shell is glossy overall.

Distribution

This shallow-water species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Cape Verde, Senegal and Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.[1]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225109 on 2020-02-02

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
• Bouchet P. (1983 ["1982"]) Les Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 18: 185–216.
• 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.
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.

External links

• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies
• "Impages cinerea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.