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

Inquisitor fraudator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. fraudator
Binomial name
Inquisitor fraudator
(Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
Synonyms

Pseudoinquisitor flemingi P. Vella, 1954

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Wangaloan strata of New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor fraudator (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831554 on 2018-10-24
  • Finlay, H. ].; Marwick, ]. 1937: The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island Subdivision. N.Z. Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 15. 140 p.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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