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

Inquisitor flemingi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. flemingi
Binomial name
Inquisitor flemingi
(Vella, 1954)
Synonyms

Pseudoinquisitor flemingi P. Vella, 1954

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16.3 mm, its diameter 6.4 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in middle Tongaporutuan strata of New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor flemingi (Vella, 1954) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831553 on 2018-10-24
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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