Inquisitor elachystoma
Appearance
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Original image of a shell of Inquisitor elachystoma | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Inquisitor |
Species: | I. elachystoma
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Binomial name | |
Inquisitor elachystoma (Martens, 1901)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea; also off the Philippines and East Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Inquisitor elachystoma (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
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