Inquisitor (gastropod)

Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Inquisitor
A shell of Inquisitor aesopus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Hedley, 1918
Type species
Pleurotoma sterrha
R. B. Watson, 1881
Species

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Distribution

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This marine genus occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan; also off Australia.

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Inquisitor:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

See also

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References

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  • Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P. 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 271–320
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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