Sandbeach auger
Hastula hectica
- Usual depth1–6 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and June
- How commonRare
About this species
Hastula hectica, common name the sandbeach auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hastula hectica”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 5.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sandbeach auger
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Sandstrand-Schraubenschnecke
- Japanese
- ムラクモタケ
- Korean
- 민첩송곳고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 黑白筍螺
Other scientific names: Buccinum bifasciatum, Buccinum edentulum, Buccinum hecticum, Buccinum niveum, Buccinum terebrale, Bullia fuscus, Impages hectica, Terebra caerulescens, Terebra hectica
Similar species
- Lanced Auger
Hastula lanceata
- Combed Auger
Hastula strigilata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 180 open-data records from 1902 to 2011.
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