{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = Hastula hectica 01.jpg | image_upright = 0.8 | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of ''Hastula hectica'' | genus = Hastula | species = hectica | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Buccinum bifasciatum'' <small>Dillwyn, 1817</small> * ''Buccinum edentulum'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> * ''Buccinum hecticum'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Buccinum niveum'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> * ''Buccinum terebrale'' <small>Menke, 1828</small> * ''Bullia fuscus'' <small>Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834</small> * ''Hastula hectica'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Impages hectica'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Terebra caerulescens'' <small>Lamarck, 1822</small> * ''Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis'' <small>Lesson, 1830</small> * ''Terebra castanea'' <small>Kiener, 1839</small> * ''Terebra flammulata'' <small>Martens, 1880</small> * ''Terebra hectica'' <small>Dautzenberg, 1935</small> * ''Terebra hectica var. alba'' <small>Dautzenberg, 1935</small> * ''Terebra hectica var. fusca'' <small>Dautzenberg, 1935</small> * ''Terebra hectica var. nimbosa'' <small>Dautzenberg, 1935</small> * ''Terebra nimbosa'' <small>Hinds, 1844</small> }}
'''''Hastula hectica''''', common name '''the sandbeach auger,''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==Description== The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm. {{Expand section|date=October 2012}}
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indo-West Pacific.
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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. * 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. * Severns M. (2011) ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells.'' Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp * 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
==External links== * [http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_1067.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Impages hectica''] 44
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Category:Hastula Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Fauna of the Red Sea
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