Hindsiclava pyrgoma

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

  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452
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