Inquisitor rubens

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

Inquisitor rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. rubens
Binomial name
Inquisitor rubens
Morassi, 1998

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aden

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References

  • Morassi, M. (1998b) A new species of Inquisitor (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the Gulf of Aden. Conchiglia, 30(289), 43–44.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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