Inquisitor tuberosus

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Inquisitor tuberosus
Shells of Inquisitor tuberosus (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachytoma tuberosa (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • Drillia tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Pleurotoma tuberosa Smith E. A., 1875

Inquisitor tuberosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in China seas and off Japan and the Philippines.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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[edit]

  • "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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Inquisitor tuberosa (Smith, 1875) in Lai K (2017). The National Checklist of Taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)