Hindsiclava Explained
Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,
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.[1]
Distribution
This genus is only known from the New World 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
Notes and References
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42516326#page/221/mode/1up William K. Emerson, Two new species of Galapagan turrid gastropods; The Veliger, v. 12 (1969-1970)
