Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis

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

Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Inquisitor
Species:	I. pseudoprincipalis
Binomial name
Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis (M. Yokoyama, 1920 )
Synonyms.[1]
Clavus pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920) Crassispira pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920) Drillia pseudoprincipalis (M. Yokoyama, 1920) Inquisitor (Pseudoinquisitor) pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920) Pleurotoma (Drillia) pseudoprincipalis Yokoyama, 1920 Ptychobela pseudoprincipalis (M. Yokoyama, 1920)

There seems to be confusion about the accepted name of this species. According to the University of Tokyo, the accepted name is Crassispira pseudoprincipalis,^[2] while according to the World Register of Marine Species, the accepted name is Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis. Both rely on the basionym Pleurotoma (Drillia) pseudoprincipalis Yokoyama, 1920.

Description

The length of the shell attains 31.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and in the Yellow Sea. Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in the Naganuma Formation at Kanagawa, Japan.