Inquisitor arctatus

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

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

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.

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References

  • 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.
  • "Inquisitor arctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Biolib.cz: Inquisitor arctatus


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