Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hindsiclava hertleini
Length: 37 mm; diameter: 12 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Pseudomelatomidae
Genus
Hindsiclava
Species
hertleini
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 150514 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 152603, ANSP: 355306, USNM: 812828, LACM: 66-211, CAS: 42421, CDRS: 875
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos islands.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Emerson, W.K. Radwin, G.E. (1969) Two new species of Galapagos Turrid Gastropods. The Veliger 12(2): 149-156.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hindsiclava hertleini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9544. Accessed 30 October 2026.