WoRMS taxon details
Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)
217087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217087)
accepted
Species
Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828 · unaccepted
Bullia fuscus Gray, 1843 · unaccepted
Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted
Terebra hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Terebra hectica var. alba Dautzenberg, 1935 · unaccepted
Terebra hectica var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1935 · unaccepted
Terebra hectica var. nimbosa Dautzenberg, 1935 · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution H. hectica has a wide range and is known throughout the Indian Ocean into the Central Pacific, from E Africa to the...
Distribution H. hectica has a wide range and is known throughout the Indian Ocean into the Central Pacific, from E Africa to the Polynesian and Hawaiian Islands, recorded from the intertidal zone to depths not deeper than 10 m. Probably not present in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, nor on the shores of the Horn of Africa. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217087 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 651 [details]
original description (of Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3471 [details]
original description (of Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590 [details]
original description (of Bullia fuscus Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972 [details]
original description (of Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 407; note: as var. o-taitensis [details]
basis of record Terryn Y. & Keppens M. (2020). A re-evaluation of the taxa <i>Hastula hectica</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) and <i>Hastula bacillus</i> (Deshayes, 1859) (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Terebridae), with the description of a new species and reassessment of four historical synonyms. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 58(4): 125-136.
page(s): 126, pl. 2 fig. 6; pl. 3 figs 1-8; pl. 4 figs 6-21 [details]
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Buccinum bifasciatum Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 651 [details]
original description (of Buccinum edentulum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3471 [details]
original description (of Buccinum terebrale Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590 [details]
original description (of Bullia fuscus Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972 [details]
original description (of Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 407; note: as var. o-taitensis [details]
basis of record Terryn Y. & Keppens M. (2020). A re-evaluation of the taxa <i>Hastula hectica</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) and <i>Hastula bacillus</i> (Deshayes, 1859) (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Terebridae), with the description of a new species and reassessment of four historical synonyms. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 58(4): 125-136.
page(s): 126, pl. 2 fig. 6; pl. 3 figs 1-8; pl. 4 figs 6-21 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 85(4): 359-388 ["2019"; 2020]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz004 [details]
Other
additional source
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. [details]
additional source Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 252. [details]
additional source Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 252. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution H. hectica has a wide range and is known throughout the Indian Ocean into the Central Pacific, from E Africa to the Polynesian and Hawaiian Islands, recorded from the intertidal zone to depths not deeper than 10 m. Probably not present in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, nor on the shores of the Horn of Africa. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムラクモタケ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Hastula hectica)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hastula hectica)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, in sand...
To Malacopics (Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Terebra hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Hastula hectica)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hastula hectica)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, in sand...
To Malacopics (Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Terebra hectica (Linnaeus, 1758))
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