Inquisitor elegans

Inquisitor elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. elegans
Binomial name
Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1993

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

Description

Inquisitor elegans is a sharp conical shell with a broad, rounded subsutural ramp and a domed spire, with an average shell length of 50 mm. Classified as pseudomelatomid turrid snail are typically found in the north-western part of the Indian Ocean. Generally found in moderate depths between 50~200 m deep in sand.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

1. Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1993 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.

• Bozzetti L. (1994). Description of two new species of the genera Xenuroturris Iredale.and Inquisitor from north-western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda Turridae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(2): 24-27.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Inquisitor elegans