Inquisitor (gastropod)

Inquisitor
A shell of Inquisitor aesopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Inquisitor
Hedley, 1918
Type species
Pleurotoma sterrha R. B. Watson, 1881
Species

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Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan; also off Australia.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Inquisitor:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Inquisitor acutus Marwick, 1928 †: synonym of Mauidrillia acuta (Marwick, 1928) †
  • Inquisitor alma Thiele, 1930: synonym of Inquisitor lassulus Hedley, 1922
  • Inquisitor asper Marwick, 1926 †: synonym of Aoteadrillia asper (Marwick, 1926)†
  • Inquisitor coriorudis Hedley, 1922: synonym of Vexitomina coriorudis'(Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
  • Inquisitor coxi Angas, 1867: synonym of Vexitomina coxi (Angas, 1867)
  • Inquisitor essingtonensis Smith, 1888: synonym of Inquisitor mastersi (Brazier, 1876)
  • Inquisitor exigua Marwick, 1931 †: synonym of Aoteadrillia exigua (Marwick, 1931) † (original combination)
  • Inquisitor fibratus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Inquisitor spicata (Hinds, 1843)
  • Inquisitor flavidula [sic]: synonym of Inquisitor flavidulus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Clathrodrillia flavidula (Lamarck, 1822) (incorrect gender ending)
  • Inquisitor flavidulus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Clathrodrillia flavidula (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Inquisitor granobalteus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Turricula granobalteus (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
  • Inquisitor immaculatus Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
  • Inquisitor ihungia Marwick, 1931 †: synonym of Aoteadrillia ihungia (Marwick, 1931) † (original combination)
  • Inquisitor japonicum [sic]: synonym of Inquisitor japonicus (Lischke, 1869) (incorrect gender ending)
  • Inquisitor jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Funa jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • Inquisitor kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) : synonym of Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
  • Inquisitor lacertosus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Bathytoma lacertosus(Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
  • Inquisitor laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870): synonym of Cheungbeia laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Inquisitor laterculoides (Barnard, 1958): synonym of Funa laterculoides (Barnard, 1958)
  • Inquisitor metcalfei Angas, 1867: synonym of Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867)
  • Inquisitor minimarus Kosuge, 1993: synonym of Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993)
  • Inquisitor multicostellata Smith, 1888: synonym of Inquisitor latifasciata (Sowerby, 1870)
  • Inquisitor nudivaricosa Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
  • Inquisitor petilinus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Conticosta petilinus(Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
  • † Inquisitor problematicus Powell, 1942 : synonym of † Inquisitor awamoaensis (Hutton, 1873)
  • Inquisitor sinensis (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Crassispira sinensis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Inquisitor spurius Hedley, 1922: synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria(Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
  • Inquisitor suavis Smith, 1888: synonym of Vexitomina suavis (Smith, 1888)
  • Inquisitor subochracea (E. A. Smith, 1877): synonym of Aguilaria subochracea (E. A. Smith, 1877)
  • Inquisitor tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Brachytoma tuberosa (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • Inquisitor ventricosa Smith, 1888 : synonym of Inquisitor glauce (Dall, 1918)
  • Inquisitor versicolor Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876: synonym of Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843)
  • Inquisitor vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) : synonym of Ptychobela vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS : Inquisitor; accessed : 3 October 2010
  2. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory: Inquisitor mastersi
  • Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P. 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 271–320
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.


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