Hindsiclava

Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,^[1]

Hindsiclava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Hindsiclava Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955
Type species
Pleurotoma militaris Reeve, 1843
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Turrigemma Berry, 1958

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.^[2]

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 (Dall, 1889)^[3]
• Hindsiclava andromeda (Dall, 1919)^[4]
• † Hindsiclava antealesidota (Mansfield, 1930)
• Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)^[5]
• † Hindsiclava blountensis (Mansfield, 1935)
• † Hindsiclava calligonoides (Gardner, 1938)
• † Hindsiclava caroniana (Maury, 1925)
• Hindsiclava consors (Sowerby I, 1850)
• † Hindsiclava eupora (Dall, 1915)
• † Hindsiclava henekeni (Sowerby I, 1850)
• Hindsiclava hertleini Emerson & Radwin, 1969^[6]
• † Hindsiclava ignorata Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995
• Hindsiclava jungi (Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001)^[7]
• Hindsiclava macilenta (Dall, 1889)^[8]
• Hindsiclava militaris (Reeve, 1843)^[9]
• † Hindsiclava perspirata (Dall, 1890)
• Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881)^[10]
• † Hindsiclava paraconsors (Gardner, 1938)
• † Hindsiclava pyrgoma Woodring, 1970
• Hindsiclava resina (Dall, 1908)^[11]
• Hindsiclava rosenstielanus Tippett, 2007^[12]
• Hindsiclava tippetti Petuch, 1987^[13]
• † 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 Hindsiclava militaris (Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)
• Hindsiclava notilla Dall, 1919 : synonym of Hindsiclava militaris (Hinds, in Reeve, 1843)
• Hindsiclava torquifer Berry, 1958: synonym of Hindsiclava andromeda (Dall, 1919)