Hindsiclava pyrgoma
Hindsiclava pyrgoma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Hindsiclava pyrgoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Hindsiclava |
| Species: | H. pyrgoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Hindsiclava pyrgoma Woodring, 1970 | |
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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 adjoining 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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