Inquisitor kurodai
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor kurodai
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. kurodai
Binomial name
Inquisitor kurodai
(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
Synonyms[1]

Brachytoma kurodai Habe & Kosuge, 1966

Inquisitor kurodai, common name Kuroda's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  • Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966a, Shells of the world in colour, Vol. I. The tropical Pacific. vii, (2 pp. map], 193 pp., pis. 1-68, supplemental pis. 1-2; Hoikusha, Osaka
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Inquisitor kurodai


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