Inquisitor arctatus

Inquisitor arctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade: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

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor arctatus
  • Biolib.cz: Inquisitor arctatus


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