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Inquisitor arctatus

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Inquisitor arctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. arctatus
Binomial name
Inquisitor arctatus
Kilburn, 1988

Inquisitor arctatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 49,8 mm, its diameter 13,1 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Zululand to Transkei, South Africa; also off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Inquisitor arctatus Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R.N., 1988. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(1): 167-320
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Inquisitor arctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Biolib.cz: Inquisitor arctatus