Inquisitor radula
Shell of Inquisitor radula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. radula
Binomial name
Inquisitor radula
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia radula (Hinds, 1843)
  • Inquisitor versicolor Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876
  • Pleurotoma inconstans Smith, E.A. 1875
  • Pleurotoma radula Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) radula (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma rudulaeformis Weinkauff, H.C. 1876
  • Pleurotoma (Surgula (sic)) versicolor Weinkauff, H.C. 1876
  • Turris radula (Hinds, 1843)

Inquisitor radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

It is closely related to Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867), but is shorter, stouter, more solid, and more harshly sculptured.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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