Hindsiclava militaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.
The acuminately turreted shell is yellowish white, sometimes stained with brown. The whorls are decussated with nodulous longitudinal ridges and spiral striae. The upper part of the whorls are concave, edged with a slightly nodulous keel.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs from Baja California, Mexico to Colombia. Fossils have been found in Late Neogene strata of Ecuador.
References Notes
Bibliography Reeve, Lovell. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: I. Reeve, 1843. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Sulphur: Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher During the Years 1836–42. Vol. 1. Smith, Elder, 1844.
External links
William K. Emerson, Two new species of Galapagan turrid gastropods; The Veliger, v. 12 (1969-1970)