Hindsiclava caroniana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Hindsiclava caroniana | |
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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. caroniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Hindsiclava caroniana (C.J. Maury, 1925)
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata of Venezuela and in Miocene strata of Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma
References edit
- Maury, Carlotta Joaquina. "A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene horizons)." Bulletin of American Paleontology 10.42 (1925): 153–410.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links edit
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