Inquisitor tuberosus

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

Inquisitor tuberosus
Shells of Inquisitor tuberosus (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. tuberosus
Binomial name
Inquisitor tuberosus (Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
Brachytoma tuberosa (E. A. Smith, 1875) Drillia tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875) Pleurotoma tuberosa Smith E. A., 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in China seas and off Japan and the Philippines.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Inquisitor tuberosus (E. A. Smith, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1336985 on 2023-08-09

• Liu, J.Y. (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. pp. 1–1267.
• Poppe, G. T. (2008). Philippine Marine Mollusks, vol. II. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 848 pp.

External links

• "Brachytoma tuberosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Inquisitor tuberosa (Smith, 1875) in Lai K (2017). The National Checklist of Taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)