Inquisitor rufovaricosus

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

Inquisitor rufovaricosus
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor rufovaricosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. rufovaricosus
Binomial name
Inquisitor rufovaricosus
(Kuroda & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira rufovaricosa Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Description

Inquisitor rufovaricosus has a shell size of 25–65 mm.[2]

Distribution

Inquisitor rufovaricosus is native to Malaysia, the Philippines, and Japan.[2]

References

  1. Inquisitor rufovaricosus (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. "Inquisitor rufovaricosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
  • Stahlschmidt P. & Fraussen K. (2017). Description of Inquisitor ritae new species from the Philippines (Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Miscellanea Malacologica. 7(2): 29-32.


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