Inquisitor interrupta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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| Shell of Inquisitor interrupta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. interrupta
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| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 30 mm.
The shell is sharply turreted, longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. It is yellowish brown, the ribs reddish brown.[2]
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References edit
- ^ a b Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inquisitor interrupta.
- Gastropods.com: Inquisitor interrupta
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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