Inquisitor awamoaensis

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Inquisitor awamoaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. awamoaensis
Binomial name
Inquisitor awamoaensis
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
  • Inquisitor problematicusPowell, 1942
  • Pleurotoma awamoaensisHutton, 1873
  • Pseudoinquisitor problematicusPowell, 1942

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

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Description

(Original description) The shell has an elongato-fusiform shape. The spire produced is larger than the body whorl. The whorls are rounded, spirally striated, and transversely ribbed. Those on the body whorl become obsolete towards the anterior end. The suture is spirally striated. The aperture is narrow. The posterior canal is moderate, the anterior rather produced. [2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand

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References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Inquisitor awamoaensis (Hutton, 1873) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831552 on 2016-04-10
  2. F.W. Hutton, Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand in the Collection of the Colonial Museum; New Zealand Geological Survey, 1873