Inquisitor intertinctus

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

Inquisitor intertinctus
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]
Pleurotoma (Drillia) intertincta E. A. Smith, 1877 (basionym) Pleurotoma intertincta Smith E. A., 1877

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.