Inquisitor radula

Inquisitor radula
	Shell of Inquisitor radula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. radula
Binomial name
	Inquisitor radula; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Drillia radula(Hinds, 1843); Inquisitor versicolorWeinkauff & Kobelt, 1876; Pleurotoma inconstansSmith, E.A. 1875; Pleurotoma radulaHinds, 1843 (original combination); Pleurotoma (Surcula) radula(Hinds, 1843); Pleurotoma rudulaeformisWeinkauff, H.C. 1876; Pleurotoma (Surgula (sic)) versicolorWeinkauff, H.C. 1876; Turris radula(Hinds, 1843);

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

Description

It is closely related to Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867), but is shorter, stouter, more solid, and more harshly sculptured.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.and Japan.

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References

1 2 Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
↑ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16–21, 36–46, 255–257
Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233
Smith, E.A. 1875. A list of the Gasteropoda (sic) collected in Japanese seas by Commander H.C. St. John, R.N. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 15: 414–427
Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
Weinkauff, H.C. 1876. Das Genus Pleurotoma. pp. 49–136 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.

External links

Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V – VI: Toxoglossa This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

[2] Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Inquisitor radula

Shell of Inquisitor radula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. radula
Binomial name
*Inquisitor radula* (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms ^[1]
Drillia radula(Hinds, 1843) Inquisitor versicolorWeinkauff & Kobelt, 1876 Pleurotoma inconstansSmith, E.A. 1875 Pleurotoma radulaHinds, 1843 (original combination) Pleurotoma (Surcula) radula(Hinds, 1843) Pleurotoma rudulaeformisWeinkauff, H.C. 1876 Pleurotoma (Surgula (sic)) versicolorWeinkauff, H.C. 1876 Turris radula(Hinds, 1843)