Inquisitor lanceolatus

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

Inquisitor lanceolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. lanceolatus
Binomial name
Inquisitor lanceolatus
(L.H. Hupé, 1854 )
Synonyms

Pleurotoma lanceolata Hupé, 1854

Description

The length of the shell attains 27.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of the Navidad Formation, Central Chile.

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References

  • Hupé, H. 1854. Malacología y conquiliología. In C. Gay (Ed.): Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 8 und Atlas (Zoológica). Maulde et Renou, Paris, 449 S.


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