| Inquisitor ischnos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. ischnos |
| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor ischnos (Philippi, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
† Fusus ischnosPhilippi, 1887 | |
Inquisitor ischnos is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]
The length of the shell attains 30.5 mm.
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