Hindsiclava | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: |
Hindsiclava Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma militaris Reeve, 1843
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Turrigemma Berry, 1958 |
Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, [1]
Hindsiclava is characterized by strong axial ribs and cords, giving the surface of the shell a reticulate appearance. They all have a well-developed anal node of callus, appearing only in adult specimens. [2]
This genus is only known from the New World in its fossil and Recent species.
Species within the genus Hindsiclava include:
+ Hertlein, Leo George, et al. "Marine mollusks collected during the" Askoy" Expedition to Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador in 1941. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 107, article 2." (1955).
Hindsiclava | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: |
Hindsiclava Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma militaris Reeve, 1843
| |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Turrigemma Berry, 1958 |
Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, [1]
Hindsiclava is characterized by strong axial ribs and cords, giving the surface of the shell a reticulate appearance. They all have a well-developed anal node of callus, appearing only in adult specimens. [2]
This genus is only known from the New World in its fossil and Recent species.
Species within the genus Hindsiclava include:
+ Hertlein, Leo George, et al. "Marine mollusks collected during the" Askoy" Expedition to Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador in 1941. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 107, article 2." (1955).