Inquisitor sterrha
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor sterrha
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. sterrha
Binomial name
Inquisitor sterrha
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia sinensis Brazier, 1876
  • Drillia sterrha (Watson, 1881)
  • Drillia torresiana (Smith, 1884)
  • Inquisitor sterrhus (Watson, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma sterrha Watson, 1881
  • Pleurotoma torresiana Smith, E.A. 1884

Inquisitor sterrha, commonly known as the formidable turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of this species is 39 mm, its diameter13 mm.

The body whorl contains in one specimen fourteen ribs, in another specimen seventeen ribs.[2]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Indo-West Pacific; the Gulf of Carpentaria, off Queensland, Australia; off the Philippines; southern Indonesia and southern Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ a b Inquisitor sterrha (Watson, 1881). 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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