Inquisitor multilirata

Inquisitor multilirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Inquisitor multilirata
Shell of Inquisitor multilirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. multilirata
Binomial name
Inquisitor multilirata (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia multilirata Hedley, C. 1903 Pleurotoma multilirata Smith E. A., 1877

This species is considered a nomen dubium by Tucker in his "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids".[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

1. Inquisitor multilirata (Smith E. A., 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
2. Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
3. Gastropods.com: Drilliidae – nomina non valida

• Smith, E.A. 1877. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 488–501
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.

External links

• Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326–402