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

Inquisitor rubens
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. rubens
Binomial name
Inquisitor rubens
Morassi, 1998

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aden

References edit

  1. ^ a b Inquisitor rubens Morassi, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Morassi, M. (1998b) A new species of Inquisitor (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the Gulf of Aden. Conchiglia, 30(289), 43–44.

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.