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

References
  1. Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Weinkauff, H. C. (1875–1876): Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Erste Abtheilung. — In: Küster, H. C., Kobelt, W. & Weinkauff, H. C. (Eds.): Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, 4 (3) (238): 1–24, pls
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Hindsiclava appelii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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