Inquisitor flemingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. flemingi
Binomial name
Inquisitor flemingi
(Vella, 1954)
Synonyms

Pseudoinquisitor flemingi P. Vella, 1954

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.3 mm, its diameter 6.4 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in middle Tongaporutuan strata of New Zealand.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor flemingi (Vella, 1954) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831553 on 2018-10-24
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch


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