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.^[1]

Hindsiclava appelii
Drawing of a shell of Hindsiclava appelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Hindsiclava
Species:	H. appelii
Binomial name
Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) Pleurotoma appelii Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 28 mm.

The shell is narrower than Crassispira callosa (Kiener, 1840), with more numerous ribs and a longer siphonal canal. Its color is light ochraceous. The shell is indistinctly white-banded.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil