Inquisitor taivaricosa

Inquisitor taivaricosa
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor taivaricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. taivaricosa
Binomial name
Inquisitor taivaricosa
Chang & Wu, 2000

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the South China Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Inquisitor taivaricosa Chang & Wu, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Chang CK, Wu WL. 2000. The Taiwan inquisitors (Gastropoda: Turridae). Bull Malacol Taiwan. 24:13–26.
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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.


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