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Hastula hectica
	Apertural view of a shell of Hastula hectica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Hastula
Species:	H. hectica
Binomial name
	Hastula hectica; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817; Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758; Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828; Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834; Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758); Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758); Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822; Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis Lesson, 1830; Terebra castanea Kiener, 1839; Terebra flammulata Martens, 1880; Terebra hectica Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. alba Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra hectica var. nimbosa Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra nimbosa Hinds, 1844;

Hastula hectica, common name the sandbeach auger, 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 30 mm and 80 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P.; Terryn, Y. (2012). Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217087 on 2012-10-14

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Castelin M., Puillandre N., Kantor Yu. I., Modica M.V., Terryn Y., Cruaud C., Bouchet P. & Holford M. (2012) Macroevolution of venom apparatus innovations in auger snails (Gastropoda; Conoidea; Terebridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 21–44

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