Inquisitor intertinctus
Species of gastropod
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Inquisitor intertinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Inquisitor intertinctus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor intertinctus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Inquisitor |
| Species: | I. intertinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Inquisitor intertinctus (E. A. Smith, 1877) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies from 20 mm to 40 mm.
This species seems to be somewhat variable in sculpture and colour. The spiral lirae of the penultimate whorl vary in number from 3 to 5. In other specimens not only the infrasutural keel is adorned with red-brown dots, but also the principal lirae on many places.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, and west to the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Islands; off the Northern Territories, Australia.
Behaviour
This species unlike many other molluscs are non-broadcast spawner and don't have a trocophore stage in there life cycle.[3]
