Inquisitor alabaster

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Species of gastropod

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| taxon =Inquisitor alabaster | image = Inquisitor alabaster 003.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor alabaster | authority = (Reeve, 1843) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Clavus alabaster (Reeve, 1843)
  • Drillia (Crassispira) alabaster (Reeve, 1843)
  • Inquisitor alabastes (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma alabaster Reeve, 1843 | display_parents = 3

Inquisitor alabaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.

The turreted shell is snowy white, sometimes faintly rose-tinged. It is longitudinally ribbed, with very fine revolving grooves and striae. It is somewhat depressed next the suture. The sinus is broad.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the China Seas.

References

  • Reeve, Lovell. Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: I. Reeve, 1843.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 434045. ''Inquisitor alabaster'' (Reeve, 1843). 4 April 2010
  2. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice

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