Inquisitor alabaster

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

Inquisitor alabaster
Apertural view of a shell of Inquisitor alabaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. alabaster
Binomial name
Inquisitor alabaster (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clavus alabaster (Reeve, 1843) Drillia (Crassispira) alabaster (Reeve, 1843) Inquisitor alabastes (Reeve, 1843) Pleurotoma alabaster Reeve, 1843

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.^[2]

Distribution

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