About Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778)
Hastula cinerea is a species of sea snail. The length of its shell ranges between 16 mm and 68 mm. Its protoconch forms a very dark, nearly black sharp tip, and it has a horny brown operculum. This species has no periostracum, and its shell is entirely glossy. As a sea snail that lives in a more active ocean zone, it tends to have a larger foot, which helps it stabilize itself in sand. This shallow-water species is distributed across multiple ocean regions: it occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Angola, Cape Verde, Senegal, and Brazil; it is also found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Lesser Antilles, and in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar. Most individuals of H. cinerea are found in intertidal zones, but the species can also occur in high water-line zones.
