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Inquisitor interrupta

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Inquisitor interrupta
Shell of Inquisitor interrupta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. interrupta
Binomial name
Inquisitor interrupta
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma interrupta Lamarck, 1816
  • Pleurotoma seminifera Gould, A.A., 1849

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

The shell is sharply turreted, longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. It is yellowish brown, the ribs reddish brown.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor interrupta
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.