Hindsiclava henekeni

Hindsiclava henekeni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Hindsiclava
Species:	H. henekeni
Binomial name
	Hindsiclava henekeni; (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
Synonyms
	† Conocardium abruptum Barrande, 1881; † Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850); † Crassispira henekeni (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850); † Drillia henekeni (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850); † Pleurotoma henekeni G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 (original combination); † Pleurotoma henikeri (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850); † Turris (Surcula) henekeni (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850);

Hindsiclava henekeni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata and in Miocene strata in the Caribbean area; age range: 15.97 to 3.6 Ma

^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
^ 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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T. Oinomikado. 1939. Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46:617-630
W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
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