Inquisitor variabilis

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

Inquisitor variabilis
Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. variabilis
Binomial name
Inquisitor variabilis
(E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia variabilis (Smith E. A., 1877)
  • Pleurotoma variabilis Smith E. A., 1877

Description

The shell is yellowish brown, sometimes irregularly maculated with chestnut, with chestnut spots on a narrow band below the suture. The spire is long and turreted. It is slightly umbilicated. The large sinus is ascending. [2].

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

gollark: Thanks!
gollark: Because PRs are welcome.
gollark: What?
gollark: <@738361430763372703> PRs welcome!
gollark: Anyway, a hypothetical ABR reminder implementation would preferably not do the R. Danny thing and instead have a queueueueueueueueueueuuueueuueueuueueuueueueue of soon to occur reminders.

References
  1. Inquisitor variabilis (Smith E. A., 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.