Hindsiclava consors

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Hindsiclava consors
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Shell of Hindsiclava consors (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Hindsiclava
Species:
H. consors
Binomial name
Hindsiclava consors
(Sowerby I, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
  • Crassispira consorsPflug, 1961
  • Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consorsWoodring, 1970
  • Pleurotoma consorsG.B. Sowerby I, 1850
  • Turris (Crassispira) consorsRutsch, 1934

Hindsiclava consors is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids, and allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coast of Venezuela. Fossils have been found in the Gurabo Formation, Santo Domingo, and in the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; Springvale Formation, Trinidad; Punta Gavilan Formation, Venezuela; Limon Formation, Costa Rica, and in the Gatun Formation, Costa Rica, and Panama.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Hindsiclava consors (Sowerby I, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532905 on 2018-09-16
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