Inquisitor variabilis

Inquisitor variabilis
	Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. variabilis
Binomial name
	Inquisitor variabilis; (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms
	Drillia variabilis(Smith E. A., 1877); Pleurotoma variabilisSmith E. A., 1877;

Last updated July 01, 2024

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

Description

The shell is yellowish brown, sometimes irregularly maculated with chestnut, with chestnut spots on a narrow band below the suture. The spire is long and turreted. It is slightly umbilicated. The large sinus is ascending.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

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References

1 2 Inquisitor variabilis (Smith E. A., 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Inquisitor variabilis (Smith E. A., 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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Inquisitor variabilis

Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. variabilis
Binomial name
*Inquisitor variabilis* (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms ^[1]
Drillia variabilis(Smith E. A., 1877) Pleurotoma variabilisSmith E. A., 1877