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]
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| Drawing of a shell of Hindsiclava appelii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Hindsiclava |
| Species: | H. appelii
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| Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
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Description edit
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 edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil
References edit
- ^ a b Hindsiclava appelii (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ 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
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Hindsiclava appelii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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