Inquisitor elachystoma

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Inquisitor elachystoma
Original image of a shell of Inquisitor elachystoma
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. elachystoma
Binomial name
Inquisitor elachystoma
(Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia elachystoma (Martens, 1901)
  • Pleurotoma elachystoma Martens, 1901
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) elachystoma (Martens, 1901)

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea; also off the Philippines and East Africa.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor elachystoma