Hindsiclava appelii

Hindsiclava appelii
Drawing of a shell of Hindsiclava appelii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Hindsiclava
Species:	H. appelii
Binomial name
Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia appelii(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) Pleurotoma appeliiWeinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

Hindsiclava appelii, common name the chocolate turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 28 mm.

The shell is narrower than Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840), with more numerous ribs and a longer siphonal canal. Its color is light ochraceous. The shell is indistinctly white-banded. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil

References

1. Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Weinkauff, H. C. (1875–1876): Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Erste Abtheilung. – In: Küster, H. C., Kobelt, W. & Weinkauff, H. C. (Eds.): Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, 4 (3) (238): 1–24, pls

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Hindsiclava appelii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.