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Hindsiclava pyrgoma

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Hindsiclava pyrgoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
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

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The length of the shell attains 35.5 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 7.246 to 5.332 Ma

References

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  • 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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