Inquisitor fraudator

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Inquisitor fraudator
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. fraudator
Binomial name
Inquisitor fraudator
(Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
Synonyms

Pseudoinquisitor flemingiP. Vella, 1954

Inquisitor fraudator 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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Wangaloan strata of New Zealand.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor fraudator (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831554 on 2018-10-24