Inquisitor elegans
Appearance
Inquisitor elegans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Inquisitor |
Species: | I. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1993
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Inquisitor elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 35 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Bozzetti L. (1994). Description of two new species of the genera Xenuroturris Iredale.and Inquisitor from north-western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda Turridae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(2): 24-27.
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Inquisitor elegans