Inquisitor lanceolatus

Inquisitor lanceolatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. lanceolatus
Binomial name
Inquisitor lanceolatus (L.H. Hupé, 1854 )
Synonyms
† Pleurotoma lanceolataHupé, 1854

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 27.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of the Navidad Formation, Central Chile.

References

1. Worldwide Moolusc Species Data Base: Inquistor lanceolatus

• Hupé, H. 1854. Malacología y conquiliología. In C. Gay (Ed.): Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 8 und Atlas (Zoológica). Maulde et Renou, Paris, 449 S.

External links

• Nielsen, Sven N. (2003). Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile (PDF) (Doctoral thesis) (in German). University of Hamburg.