Inquisitor komiticus

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

Inquisitor komiticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. komiticus
Binomial name
Inquisitor komiticus
Laws, 1939

Description

The length (estimated) attains 22 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in New Zealand

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor komiticus Laws, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831556 on 2018-10-29
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch


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