Inquisitor intertinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
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. Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa 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.
References
Smith, E.A. (1877) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, 19, 488–501 Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086 Gastropods.com: Inquisitor intertincta