Inquisitor radula | |
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Shell of Inquisitor radula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Inquisitor |
Species: | I. radula
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Binomial name | |
Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Inquisitor radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
It is closely related to Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867), but is shorter, stouter, more solid, and more harshly sculptured.[2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.and Japan.