| Inquisitor interrupta | |
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| Shell of Inquisitor interrupta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. interrupta |
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| Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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Inquisitor interrupta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm.
The shell is sharply turreted, longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. It is yellowish brown, the ribs reddish brown.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- ^ Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Liu J.Y. (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- Gastropods.com: Inquisitor interrupta
- 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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