Inquisitor exiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor exiguus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. exiguus
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| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor exiguus (Kuroda & Oyama, 1971)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudoinquisitor exiguus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b Inquisitor exiguus (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- 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
External links
edit- 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.
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