Inquisitor exiguus

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

Inquisitor exiguus
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor exiguus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. exiguus
Binomial name
Inquisitor exiguus
(Kuroda & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]

Pseudoinquisitor exiguus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

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References

  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Inquisitor exiguus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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