Inquisitor varicosus 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 between 40 mm and 60 mm.
The whorls are smooth near the suture, longitudinally ribbed below, with large rude scattered varices. The sinus is broad and rather deep. The ribs are grayish on a darker surface, sometimes entirely brown.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Mauritius, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Western Australia.
References
Weinkauff. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Pleurotoma, p. 85, PI. 18, fig. 6, 11 Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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