Hastula anomala explained

Hastula anomala, the anomalous 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 35 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, the Philippines and Australia.

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.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Impages anomala
• Gray J.E. (1834). Enumeration of the species of Terebra, with characters of many hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 59–63
• 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. 85(4): 359–388

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hastula anomala (Gray, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447314 on 2021-03-17