Inquisitor shibanoi

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

Inquisitor shibanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. shibanoi
Binomial name
*Inquisitor shibanoi* Masuda, 1967

Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 14 mm, and a diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in the Higashi-Innai Formation in Japan.

References

"WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species database - Inquisitor shibanoi". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links

MASUDA, KOICHIRO. "516. MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF THE HIGASHI-INNAI FORMATION OF NOTO PENINSULA, JAPAN-III; DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES AND REMARKS ON SOME SPECIES." Transactions and proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan. New series. Vol. 1967. No. 65. PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 1967.

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