Inquisitor alabaster

Inquisitor alabaster
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor alabaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Inquisitor
Species: I. alabaster
Binomial name
Inquisitor alabaster
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus alabaster (Reeve, 1843)
  • Drillia alabaster (Reeve, 1843)
  • Inquisitor alabastes (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma alabaster Reeve, 1843

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.

The turreted shell is snowy white, sometimes faintly rose-tinged. It is longitudinally ribbed, with very fine revolving grooves and striae. It is somewhat depressed next the suture. The sinus is broad. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the China Seas.

References

  1. 1 2 Inquisitor alabaster (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Reeve, Lovell. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: I. Reeve, 1843.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor alabaster
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