Inquisitor carmen

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

Inquisitor carmen
Original image of a shell and protoconch of Inquisitor carmen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. carmen
Binomial name
Inquisitor carmen (Sowerby III, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia carmen Sowerby III, 1916

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

The fusiform shell has an elongate, acute spire and contains 8½ whorls of which two in the protoconch. The subsequent convex whorls are somewhat angular and show numerous rounded, obtusely angulated longitudinal plicae. The shell is finely spirally lirate throughout. The plicae are rendered conspicuous by the light-brown colouring of the interstices. The suture is slightly impressed. The body whorl measures half the total length. The body whorl is at the top obtusely angulated, then slightly convex and below the middle part contracted and attenuated. The aperture is oblong with a small siphonal canal. The columella stands upright. The outer lip is sharp. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the China seas and off Japan.

References

1. Inquisitor carmen (Sowerby III, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
2. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 12-13 (1916-1919) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.