- Source: Inquisitor radula
Inquisitor radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
It is closely related to Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867), but is shorter, stouter, more solid, and more harshly sculptured.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.and Japan.
References
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Inquisitor radula
- Inquisitor (gastropod)
- Inquisitor glauce
- Inquisitor shibanoi
- Inquisitor sexradiata
- Drillia
- List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
- Turrid
- Turris
- Clavatula
