Inquisitor nodicostatus

Inquisitor nodicostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Inquisitor
Species: I. nodicostatus
Binomial name
Inquisitor nodicostatus
Kilburn, 1988
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira aesopus (non Schepman, 1913) Kilburn, 1973

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 55,8 mm, its diameter 14,9 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References

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


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