Inquisitor shibanoi

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

Inquisitor shibanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. shibanoi
Binomial name
Inquisitor shibanoi
Masuda, 1967

Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 14 mm, and a diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in the Higashi-Innai Formation in Japan.

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References

  1. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species database - Inquisitor shibanoi". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 28 October 2018.


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