Hindsiclava pyrgoma

Hindsiclava pyrgoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Hindsiclava
Species:	H. pyrgoma
Binomial name
Hindsiclava pyrgoma Woodring, 1970
Synonyms
† Crassispira (Hindsiclava) pyrgomaWoodring, 1970

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

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae

• 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