Hindsiclava pyrgoma explained

Hindsiclava pyrgoma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35.5 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 7.246 to 5.332 Ma

References

• W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452

External links

• Fossilworks: † Crassispira (Hindsiclava) pyrgoma

Notes and References

1. http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmFamily/PSEUDOMELATOMIDAELS.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae