Hindsiclava blountensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1][2]
| Hindsiclava blountensis | |
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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. blountensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hindsiclava blountensis (W.C. Mansfield, 1935)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Crassispira (Hindsiclava) blountensis Mansfield 1930 | |
Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Florida, USA.
References edit
- Mansfield, Wendell Clay. New Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Alaqua Creek Valley, Florida. State board of conservation, Geological Department, 1935.
- 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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