Inquisitor lanceolatus
| Inquisitor lanceolatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. lanceolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor lanceolatus (L.H. Hupé, 1854 ) | |
| Synonyms | |
| † Pleurotoma lanceolata Hupé, 1854 | |
Inquisitor lanceolatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 27.5 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of the Navidad Formation, Central Chile.
References
- Hupé, H. 1854. Malacología y conquiliología. In C. Gay (Ed.): Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 8 und Atlas (Zoológica). Maulde et Renou, Paris, 449 S.
External links
- Nielsen, Sven N. (2003). Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile (PDF) (Doctoral thesis) (in German). University of Hamburg.