Hindsiclava tippetti
Hindsiclava tippetti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Hindsiclava tippetti | |
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| Shell of Hindsiclava tippetti (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Hindsiclava |
| Species: | H. tippetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hindsiclava tippetti Petuch, 1987 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 27 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.
References
- Hindsiclava tippetti Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Petuch, E.J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas.The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Hindsiclava tippetti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Kabat, Alan R. "Donn Lloyd Tippett (January 14, 1924 – January 29, 2014)." American Conchologist 42.2 (2014).
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