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Hindsiclava consors

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Hindsiclava consors
Shell of Hindsiclava consors (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 consors Pflug, 1961
  • Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consors Woodring, 1970
  • Pleurotoma consors G.B. Sowerby I, 1850
  • Turris (Crassispira) consors Rutsch, 1934

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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