Hindsiclava

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.

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 <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
• Hindsiclava andromeda <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
• † Hindsiclava antealesidota <small>(Mansfield, 1930)</small>
• Hindsiclava appelii <small>(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)</small>
• † Hindsiclava blountensis <small>(Mansfield, 1935)</small>
• † Hindsiclava calligonoides <small>(Gardner, 1938)</small>
• † Hindsiclava caroniana <small>(Maury, 1925)</small>
• Hindsiclava consors <small>(Sowerby I, 1850)</small>
• † Hindsiclava eupora <small>(Dall, 1915)</small>
• † Hindsiclava henekeni <small>(Sowerby I, 1850)</small>
• Hindsiclava hertleini <small>Emerson & Radwin, 1969</small>
• † Hindsiclava ignorata <small>Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995</small>
• Hindsiclava jungi <small>(Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001)</small>
• Hindsiclava macilenta <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
• Hindsiclava militaris <small>(Reeve, 1843)</small>
• † Hindsiclava perspirata <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>
• Hindsiclava polytorta <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
• † Hindsiclava paraconsors <small>(Gardner, 1938)</small>
• † Hindsiclava pyrgoma <small>Woodring, 1970</small>
• Hindsiclava resina <small>(Dall, 1908)</small>
• Hindsiclava rosenstielanus <small>Tippett, 2007</small>
• Hindsiclava tippetti <small>Petuch, 1987</small>
• † Hindsiclava wiedenmayeri <small>Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016</small>

Species brought into synonymy:

• Hindsiclava chazaliei <small>(Dautzenberg, 1900)</small>: synonym of Crassispira chazaliei <small>(Dautzenberg, 1900)</small>
• Hindsiclava dotella <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Hindsiclava militaris <small>(Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)</small>
• Hindsiclava notilla <small>Dall, 1919</small> : synonym of Hindsiclava militaris <small>(Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)</small>
• Hindsiclava torquifer <small>Berry, 1958</small>: synonym of Hindsiclava andromeda <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>

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
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae