Inquisitor ischnos

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

Inquisitor ischnos
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. ischnos
Binomial name
Inquisitor ischnos
(Philippi, 1887)
Synonyms

† Fusus ischnos Philippi, 1887

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Central Chile.

References
  1. Worldwide Moolusc Species Data Base: Inquistor ischnos
  • Philippi, Rodolfo Amando. Die tertiären und quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. FA Brockhaus, 1887.
  • Nielsen, Sven N. (2003). Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile (PDF) (Doctoral thesis) (in German). University of Hamburg.


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