Inquisitor interrupta

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

Inquisitor interrupta
Shell of Inquisitor interrupta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. interrupta
Binomial name
Inquisitor interrupta
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma interrupta Lamarck, 1816
  • Pleurotoma seminifera Gould, A.A., 1849

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. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. 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. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor interrupta
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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