Inquisitor (gastropod)

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Inquisitor
Inquisitor aesopus 001.jpg
A shell of Inquisitor aesopus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Hedley, 1918
Type species
Pleurotoma sterrha
R. B. Watson, 1881
Species

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Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan; also off Australia.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Inquisitor: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

See also

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