Inquisitor vulpionis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1] It belongs to Neogastropoda. Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. vulpionis
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| Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Reference Summary - Tucker, J.K., 2004". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1–489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Inquisitor vulpionis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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