''Hindsiclava'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
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,
Description
''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.
Distribution
This genus is only known from the
New World
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in its fossil and Recent species.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hindsiclava'' include:
* ''
Hindsiclava alesidota''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Hindsiclava andromeda''
(Dall, 1919)
* † ''
Hindsiclava antealesidota''
(Mansfield, 1930)
* ''
Hindsiclava appelii''
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
* † ''
Hindsiclava blountensis''
(Mansfield, 1935)
* † ''
Hindsiclava calligonoides''
(Gardner, 1938)
* † ''
Hindsiclava caroniana''
(Maury, 1925)
* ''
Hindsiclava consors''
(Sowerby I, 1850)
* † ''
Hindsiclava eupora''
(Dall, 1915)
* † ''
Hindsiclava henekeni''
(Sowerby I, 1850)
* ''
Hindsiclava hertleini''
Emerson & Radwin, 1969
* † ''
Hindsiclava ignorata''
Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995
* ''
Hindsiclava jungi''
(Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001)
* ''
Hindsiclava macilenta''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Hindsiclava militaris''
(Reeve, 1843)
* † ''
Hindsiclava perspirata''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''
Hindsiclava polytorta''
(Dall, 1881)
* † ''
Hindsiclava paraconsors''
(Gardner, 1938)
* † ''
Hindsiclava pyrgoma''
Woodring, 1970
* ''
Hindsiclava resina''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Hindsiclava rosenstielanus''
Tippett, 2007
* ''
Hindsiclava tippetti''
Petuch, 1987
* † ''
Hindsiclava wiedenmayeri''
Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hindsiclava chazaliei''
(Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of ''
Crassispira chazaliei''
(Dautzenberg, 1900)
* ''Hindsiclava dotella''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Hindsiclava militaris''
(Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)
* ''Hindsiclava notilla''
Dall, 1919 : synonym of ''
Hindsiclava militaris''
(Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)
* ''Hindsiclava torquifer''
Berry, 1958: synonym of ''
Hindsiclava andromeda''
(Dall, 1919)
References
+ 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).
External links
*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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