Hindsiclava polytorta

Hindsiclava polytorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Hindsiclava
Species: H. polytorta
Binomial name
Hindsiclava polytorta
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Compsodrillia polytorta (Dall, 1881)
  • Drillia polytorta W.H. Dall, 1881
  • Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881

Hindsiclava polytorta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Distribution

H. polytorta can be found in the Yucatan Strait in the Gulf of Mexico.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.


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