Inquisitor (gastropod)
Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan; also off Australia.Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Inquisitor:Inquisitor acervatus Cotton, 1947Inquisitor adenicus Sysoev, 1996Inquisitor aemula Inquisitor aesopus Inquisitor alabaster Inquisitor angustiliratus Sysoev, 1996Inquisitor angustus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971Inquisitor arctatus Kilburn, 1988Inquisitor armillatus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2014- † Inquisitor awamoaensis
- † Inquisitor bataviana Inquisitor carmen Inquisitor chocolatus Inquisitor citreus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022
- † Inquisitor cosibensis Inquisitor dampieria
- † Inquisitor delicatulus
- † Inquisitor detritus Ludbrook, 1941Inquisitor eburatus Bozzetti, 2011 Inquisitor elachystoma Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1994Inquisitor elkeae Stahlschmidt, 2013Inquisitor exiguus
- † Inquisitor flemingi Inquisitor flindersianus Hedley, 1922Inquisitor formidabilis Hedley, 1922
- † Inquisitor fraudator Inquisitor frausseni Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor fusiformis Stahlschmidt, 2013
- † Inquisitor gippslandensis Inquisitor glauce Inquisitor harrymonti Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
- † Inquisitor hebes Marwick, 1931 Inquisitor hedleyi Inquisitor hormophorus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 Inquisitor imperceptus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022Inquisitor incertus Inquisitor indistinctus Sysoev, 1996Inquisitor insignita Inquisitor interrupta Inquisitor intertinctus Inquisitor isabella Kilburn, 1988
- † Inquisitor ischnos Inquisitor janae Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022Inquisitor japonicus Inquisitor kilburni Wells, 1994
- † Inquisitor komiticus Laws, 1939 Inquisitor kurodai Inquisitor lassulus Hedley, 1922Inquisitor latifasciata Inquisitor latiriformis Kilburn, 1988
- † Inquisitor lingulacaninus M. Griffin & S. N. Nielsen, 2008Inquisitor lorenzi Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor mactanensis Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor mastersi Inquisitor michaelmonti Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor midas Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022Inquisitor millepunctatus Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor minutosternalis Kosuge, 1993Inquisitor mirabelflorenti Cossignani, 2016
- † Inquisitor mizunamiensis Itoigawa, 1960Inquisitor modulatus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022Inquisitor multilirata Inquisitor nagasakiensis
- † Inquisitor neglecta Inquisitor nodicostatus Kilburn, 1988Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
- † Inquisitor oblongulus Inquisitor odhneri Wells, 1994Inquisitor plurinodulatus Cotton, 1947Inquisitor plurivaricis Li B.Q., Kilburn & Li X.Z., 2010
- † Inquisitor powelli Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis Inquisitor radula Inquisitor ritae Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2017Inquisitor rubens Morassi, 1998Inquisitor rufovaricosus
- † Inquisitor scabriculus Inquisitor sexradiata
- † Inquisitor shibanoi Masuda, 1967Inquisitor solomonensis Inquisitor spicata Inquisitor stenos Sysoev, 1996Inquisitor sterrhus Inquisitor subangusta Inquisitor taivaricosa Chang & Wu, 2000
- † Inquisitor trinervis Inquisitor tuberosus Inquisitor varicosus Inquisitor vesculus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022Inquisitor vividus Li B.Q., Kilburn & Li X.Z., 2010
- † Inquisitor vredenburgi H. J. Finlay, 1927Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
- † Inquisitor waihoraensis Marwick, 1931
- † Inquisitor walleri Ladd, 1982Inquisitor zebra Inquisitor zonata
- † Inquisitor eoa Makiyama, 1927: synonym of Clathrodrillia eoa
- † Inquisitor eonodatus Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of Fusinus eonodatus Inquisitor essingtonensis Smith, 1888: synonym of Inquisitor mastersi Inquisitor exigua Marwick, 1931 †: synonym of Aoteadrillia exigua † Inquisitor fibratus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Inquisitor spicata Inquisitor flavidula : synonym of Inquisitor flavidulus : synonym of Clathrodrillia flavidula Inquisitor flavidulus : synonym of Clathrodrillia flavidula Inquisitor granobalteus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Turricula granobalteus Inquisitor immaculatus Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus
- † Inquisitor ihungia Marwick, 1931 : synonym of Aoteadrillia ihungia † Inquisitor japonicum : synonym of Inquisitor japonicus Inquisitor jeffreysii : synonym of Funa jeffreysii Inquisitor kawamurai : synonym of Cheungbeia kawamurai Inquisitor lacertosus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Bathytoma lacertosus Inquisitor lanceolatus : synonym of Ptychobela lanceolata Inquisitor laterculata : synonym of Cheungbeia laterculata Inquisitor laterculoides : synonym of Funa laterculoides Inquisitor mammillata : synonym of Mammillaedrillia mammillata Inquisitor metcalfei Angas, 1867: synonym of Vexitomina metcalfei Inquisitor minimarus Kosuge, 1993: synonym of Ptychobela minimarus
- † Inquisitor molengraaffi : synonym of Crassispira molengraaffi Inquisitor multicostellata Smith, 1888: synonym of Inquisitor latifasciata Inquisitor nudivaricosa Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971Inquisitor perclathrata Kuroda, 1960: synonym of Clavus perclathrata Azuma, 1960 Inquisitor petilinus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Conticosta petilinus
- † Inquisitor problematicus Powell, 1942 : synonym of † Inquisitor awamoaensis Inquisitor sinensis : synonym of Crassispira sinensis Inquisitor spadix : synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus Inquisitor spaldingi : synonym of Inquisitor spicata Inquisitor spurius Hedley, 1922: synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria Inquisitor suavis Smith, 1888: synonym of Vexitomina suavis Inquisitor subochracea : synonym of Aguilaria subochracea Inquisitor taylorianus : synonym of Funa tayloriana
- † Inquisitor tokunagae H. J. Finlay, 1927: synonym of Guraleus tokunagae Inquisitor tuberosa : synonym of Brachytoma tuberosa Inquisitor variabilis : synonym of Funa variabilis Inquisitor ventricosa Smith, 1888 : synonym of Inquisitor glauce Inquisitor versicolor Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876: synonym of Inquisitor radula Inquisitor vexillium : synonym of Ptychobela vexillium
- † Inquisitor waihaoensis A. W. B. Powell, 1942 : synonym of ''Comitas waihaoensis''