''Hindsiclava'' is a genus of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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mollusks in the family

Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...

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 ''Hindsiclava alesidota'', common name the lean turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids. Description The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 53 mm. (Origin ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Hindsiclava andromeda ''Hindsiclava andromeda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 60 mm. (Original description) The acute, fusiform shell ...

'' (Dall, 1919) * † '' Hindsiclava antealesidota'' (Mansfield, 1930) * ''

Hindsiclava appelii ''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. Description The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 28&nb ...

'' (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) * † '' Hindsiclava blountensis'' (Mansfield, 1935) * † ''

Hindsiclava calligonoides ''Hindsiclava calligonoides'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 32 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm. (Original ...

'' (Gardner, 1938) * † '' Hindsiclava caroniana'' (Maury, 1925) * ''

Hindsiclava consors ''Hindsiclava consors'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids, and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Hindsiclava consors (Sowerby I, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Sowerby I, 1850) * † ''

Hindsiclava eupora ''Hindsiclava eupora'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The five whorls have a height of 16 mm and a maximum diameter 5.75 mm. The s ...

'' (Dall, 1915) * † '' Hindsiclava henekeni'' (Sowerby I, 1850) * '' Hindsiclava hertleini'' Emerson & Radwin, 1969 * † '' Hindsiclava ignorata'' Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 * '' Hindsiclava jungi'' (Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001) * ''

Hindsiclava macilenta ''Hindsiclava macilenta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 43 mm. (Original description) In ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Hindsiclava militaris ''Hindsiclava militaris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The acuminately turreted shell is yellowish white ...

'' (Reeve, 1843) * † ''

Hindsiclava perspirata ''Hindsiclava perspirata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 29 mm, its diameter 10 mm. (Original des ...

'' (Dall, 1890) * ''

Hindsiclava polytorta ''Hindsiclava polytorta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. (Original description) The large, slender, solid, ...

'' (Dall, 1881) * † '' Hindsiclava paraconsors'' (Gardner, 1938) * † '' Hindsiclava pyrgoma'' Woodring, 1970 * ''

Hindsiclava resina ''Hindsiclava resina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. This species was questionably placed in synonymy with '' Hindsiclava militaris'' Description The length of the shell varies betwe ...

'' (Dall, 1908) * '' Hindsiclava rosenstielanus'' Tippett, 2007 * '' Hindsiclava tippetti'' Petuch, 1987 * † '' Hindsiclava wiedenmayeri'' Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hindsiclava chazaliei'' (Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of '' Crassispira chazaliei'' (Dautzenberg, 1900) * ''Hindsiclava dotella'' Dall, 1908: synonym of ''

'' (Hinds, in Reeve, 1843) * ''Hindsiclava notilla'' Dall, 1919 : synonym of ''

'' (Hinds, in Reeve, 1843) * ''Hindsiclava torquifer'' Berry, 1958: synonym of ''

'' (Dall, 1919)

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

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