Hastula bacillus (Deshayes 1859)

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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.