Inquisitor elachystoma

Inquisitor elachystoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Inquisitor elachystoma
Original image of a shell of Inquisitor elachystoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. elachystoma
Binomial name
Inquisitor elachystoma (Martens, 1901)
Synonyms
Drillia elachystoma (Martens, 1901) Pleurotoma elachystoma Martens, 1901 Pleurotoma (Drillia) elachystoma (Martens, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea; also off the Philippines and East Africa.

References

• Martens, Eduard von, - Thiele, Johannes, Die beschalten Gasteropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898-1899; Jena : G. Fischer, 1904

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Inquisitor elachystoma