WoRMS taxon details
Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881)
434020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434020)
accepted
Species
Compsodrillia polytorta (Dall, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassispira polytorta (Dall, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Dall, 1881) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 61. [details]
page(s): 61. [details]
Type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434020 on 2025-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Dall, 1881) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 61. [details]
new combination reference Tippett, D. L. (2007). Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drillidae, Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 121 (4): 210-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185725 [details]
page(s): 61. [details]
new combination reference Tippett, D. L. (2007). Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drillidae, Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 121 (4): 210-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185725 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Compsodrillia polytorta (Dall, 1881))
To Malacopics (Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Holotype USNM 412171) (from synonym Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881)
To Malacopics (Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Holotype USNM 412171) (from synonym Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurotoma polytorta Dall, 1881)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
