Inquisitor alabaster

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Inquisitor alabaster
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Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor alabaster
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. alabaster
Binomial name
Inquisitor alabaster
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavus alabaster(Reeve, 1843)
  • Drillia (Crassispira) alabaster(Reeve, 1843)
  • Inquisitor alabastes(Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma alabasterReeve, 1843

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.

The turreted shell is snowy white, sometimes faintly rose-tinged. It is longitudinally ribbed, with very fine revolving grooves and striae. It is somewhat depressed next the suture. The sinus is broad. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the China Seas.

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