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Inquisitor exiguus

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Inquisitor exiguus
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor exiguus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. exiguus
Binomial name
Inquisitor exiguus
(Kuroda & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]

Pseudoinquisitor exiguus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

References

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  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Inquisitor exiguus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.