Inquisitor tuberosus
Inquisitor tuberosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
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| Shells of Inquisitor tuberosus (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. tuberosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor tuberosus (Smith E. A., 1875) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in China seas and off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Inquisitor tuberosus (E. A. Smith, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1336985 on 2023-08-09
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
- Poppe, G. T. (2008). Philippine Marine Mollusks, vol. II. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
External links
- "Brachytoma tuberosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Inquisitor tuberosa (Smith, 1875) in Lai K (2017). The National Checklist of Taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)
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