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Hindsiclava macilenta (W. H. Dall, 1889)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Pseudomelatomidae »  genus Hindsiclava

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Hindsiclava macilenta

Author: Dall, W.H.

Hindsiclava macilenta

Author: Williams, P.

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Description

Shell more slender than Hindsiclava alesidota, the sculpture more elegant, the spiral element proportionally stronger, existing on the fasciole and canal, as well as over the rest of the surface. Long, of shell, 36.5 mm; of last whorl, 20.0 mm; of aperture, 15.0 mm ; lat. of shell, 8.2 mm. This is a very plain, simple-looking species of a dull color. It is quite large, bat appears not to have been heretofore described or figured.
DESCRIBED as a subspecies of H. alesidota.
Source: Dall, 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake'. (Original description)

Distribution

USA. North Carolina. Cape Hatteras.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Hindsiclava macilenta Dall, 1889]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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