Inquisitor variabilis

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

Inquisitor variabilis
Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. variabilis
Binomial name
Inquisitor variabilis
(E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia variabilis (Smith E. A., 1877)
  • Pleurotoma variabilis Smith E. A., 1877

Description

The shell is yellowish brown, sometimes irregularly maculated with chestnut, with chestnut spots on a narrow band below the suture. The spire is long and turreted. It is slightly umbilicated. The large sinus is ascending.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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