Inquisitor lanceolatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Inquisitor lanceolatus | |
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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. lanceolatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor lanceolatus (L.H. Hupé, 1854 )
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| Synonyms | |
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† Pleurotoma lanceolata Hupé, 1854 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 27.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of the Navidad Formation, Central Chile.
References edit
- Hupé, H. 1854. Malacología y conquiliología. In C. Gay (Ed.): Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 8 und Atlas (Zoológica). Maulde et Renou, Paris, 449 S.
External links edit
- Nielsen, Sven N. (2003). Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile (PDF) (Doctoral thesis) (in German). University of Hamburg.
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