Inquisitor varicosus

Inquisitor varicosus
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor varicosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. varicosus
Binomial name
Inquisitor varicosus (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia varicosa(Reeve, 1843) Pleurotoma varicosaReeve, 1843 Pleurotoma (Drillia) varicosa(Reeve, 1843) Turris (Inquisitor) varicosa(Reeve, 1843)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

The whorls are smooth near the suture, longitudinally ribbed below, with large rude scattered varices. The sinus is broad and rather deep. The ribs are grayish on a darker surface, sometimes entirely brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Mauritius, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Western Australia.

References

1. Inquisitor varicosa (Reeve, 1843) . 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 .

• Weinkauff. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Pleurotoma, p. 85, PI. 18, fig. 6, 11
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• 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 .
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Inquisitor varicosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086