Inquisitor zebra

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Inquisitor zebra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. zebra
Binomial name
Inquisitor zebra
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum zebraLamarck, 1822
  • Pleurotoma zebra(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) zebra(Lamarck, 1822)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and also in the China seas.

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