Inquisitor kurodai
Inquisitor kurodai, common name Kuroda's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor kurodai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. kurodai |
| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor kurodai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brachytoma kurodai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- Inquisitor kurodai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966a, Shells of the world in colour, Vol. I. The tropical Pacific. vii, (2 pp. map], 193 pp., pis. 1-68, supplemental pis. 1-2; Hoikusha, Osaka
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Inquisitor kurodai
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