Inquisitor elachystoma

Inquisitor elachystoma
Original image of a shell of Inquisitor elachystoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. elachystoma
Binomial name
Inquisitor elachystoma
(Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia elachystoma (Martens, 1901)
  • Pleurotoma elachystoma Martens, 1901
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) elachystoma (Martens, 1901)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea; also off the Philippines and East Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Inquisitor elachystoma (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • 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 elachystoma


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