| Inquisitor taivaricosa | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor taivaricosa | |
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. 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.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the South China Sea.
References
- ^ Inquisitor taivaricosa Chang & Wu, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Liu J.Y. (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.
External links
- MNHN : specimen
- Gastropods.com: Inquisitor taivaricosa
- 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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