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Family: Pseudomelatomidae



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213 species (see list below)
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Crassispira adamsi
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Crassispira adana
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Crassispira aequatorialis
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Crassispira affinis(Reeve, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crassispira affinis
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Max. Length 0.9 cm SHH
 
Crassispira albobrunnea
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Crassispira albomaculata
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Crassispira ansonae
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Crassispira apicata(Reeve, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crassispira apicata
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Crassispira appressa
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Crassispira asthenes
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Crassispira bacchia
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Crassispira ballenaensis
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Crassispira bandata
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Crassispira bernardi
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Crassispira bifurca
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Crassispira bittium
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Crassispira bridgesi
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Crassispira bruehli
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Crassispira brujae
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Crassispira callosa
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Max. Length 1.8 cm SHH
 
Crassispira candelae
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Crassispira carbonaria
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Crassispira cerithoidea
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Crassispira chacei
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Crassispira chazaliei
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Crassispira coelata
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Crassispira consociata
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Crassispira coracina
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Crassispira cortezi
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
Crassispira cubana(Melvill, 1923)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crassispira cubana
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Crassispira cuprea
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Crassispira currani
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Max. Length 1.4 cm SHH
 
Crassispira dhofarensis
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Max. Length 1.0 cm SHH
 
Crassispira discoloris
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Crassispira discors
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Crassispira drangai
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Crassispira duplaris
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3 cm DL
Crassispira dysoni(Reeve, 1846)

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Crassispira dysoni
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Crassispira elatior
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Crassispira eous
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Crassispira epicasta
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Crassispira erigone
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Crassispira eurynome
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Crassispira flavescens
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Crassispira flavocarinata
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Crassispira flavocincta
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Max. Length 1.3 cm SHH
 
Crassispira flavolineata
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Crassispira flavonodulosa
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Crassispira flucki
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Crassispira funebralis
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
Crassispira fuscescens(Reeve, 1843)

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Crassispira fuscescens
[Ebony turrid]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Crassispira fuscocincta
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Crassispira greeleyi
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Crassispira guildingii
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Crassispira harfordiana
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Crassispira harpularia
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Crassispira hondurasensis
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Crassispira incrassata
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Crassispira kluthi
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Africa.

Crassispira laevisulcataVon Maltzan, 1883

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crassispira laevisulcata
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Crassispira latizonata
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Crassispira leucocyma
[White-knobbed turrid]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm SHH
 
Crassispira lirae
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Crassispira luctuosa
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Crassispira martiae
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Crassispira maura
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Crassispira melonesiana
[Melonesian turrid]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Crassispira mennoi
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Crassispira monilecosta
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Crassispira monilifera
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Crassispira monilis
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Max. Length 0.6 cm SHH
 
Crassispira monteiroi
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Crassispira montereyensis
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Crassispira nigerrima(Sowerby, 1834)

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Crassispira nigerrima
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
Crassispira nigrescens(Adams, 1845)

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Crassispira nigrescens
[Black turrid]
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Crassispira ochsneri
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Crassispira oliva
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Crassispira ostrearum
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
Crassispira pellisphocae(Reeve, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crassispira pellisphocae
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Crassispira phasma
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Crassispira pini
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Crassispira pluto
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Crassispira polytorta
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Crassispira premorra
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Crassispira pseudoprinciplis
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Max. Length 1.2 cm SHH
 
Crassispira pulchrepunctata
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Crassispira quadrifasciata
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
Crassispira rhythmicaMelvill, 1927

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Crassispira rhythmica
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Crassispira rubidofusca
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Crassispira rudis(Sowerby, 1834)

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Crassispira rudis
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Crassispira rugitecta
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Crassispira rustica
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic

Crassispira sacerdotalisRolan & Fernandes, 1992

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Crassispira sacerdotalis
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Crassispira sanibelensis
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Crassispira scala
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Crassispira semigranosa
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Crassispira semiinflata
[California drillia]
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Crassispira sinensis
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Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Crassispira tampaensis
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Crassispira tasconium
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Crassispira tepocanaDall, 1919

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Crassispira tepocana
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Crassispira trimariana
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Crassispira tuckeri
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Crassispira turricula
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Crassispira unicolor
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Crassispira verbernei
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Crassispira vexillum
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Crassispira xanti
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Inquisitor acervatus
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Inquisitor adenicus
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Inquisitor aemula
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Inquisitor aesopus
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Inquisitor alabaster(Reeve, 1843)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Inquisitor alabaster
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Inquisitor angustiliratus
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Inquisitor angustus
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Inquisitor arctatus
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Inquisitor armillatus
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Inquisitor carmen
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Inquisitor chocolata
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Inquisitor citreus
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Inquisitor dampierius
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Inquisitor elachystoma
[Brown-bamboo-shoot turris]
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Inquisitor elegans
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Inquisitor exiguus
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Inquisitor flindersianus
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Inquisitor formidabilis
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Inquisitor glauce
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Inquisitor hedleyi
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Inquisitor hormophora
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Inquisitor imperceptus
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Inquisitor indistinctus
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Inquisitor insignita
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Inquisitor interrupta
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Inquisitor intertincta
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Inquisitor intertinctus
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Indian Ocean

Inquisitor isabellaKilburn, 1988

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Inquisitor isabella
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Inquisitor janae
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Inquisitor jeffreysii
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Inquisitor kawamurai
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Inquisitor kilburni
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Inquisitor kurodai
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Inquisitor lassulus
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Inquisitor laterculata
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Max. Length 3.4 cm SHL
 
Inquisitor latifasciata
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Inquisitor latiriformis
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Inquisitor midas
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Inquisitor minimarus
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Inquisitor minutosternalis
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Inquisitor modulatus
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Inquisitor multilirata
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Inquisitor nodicostatus
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Inquisitor nudivaricosus
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Inquisitor odhneri
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Inquisitor plurinodulatus
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Inquisitor radula
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Max. Length 3.1 cm SHH
 
Inquisitor ritae
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Inquisitor rubens
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Inquisitor rufovanicosus
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Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean

Inquisitor rufovaricosa(Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Inquisitor rufovaricosa
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Inquisitor sexradiata
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Inquisitor spicata
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Inquisitor stenos
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Inquisitor sterrha
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Inquisitor subangusta
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Max. Length 3.4 cm SHL
 
Inquisitor subochracea
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Inquisitor taivaricosa
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Inquisitor taivaricosus
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Inquisitor tuberosus
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Inquisitor variabilis
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific

Inquisitor varicosa(Reeve, 1843)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Inquisitor varicosa
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Inquisitor vesculus
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Inquisitor vexillum
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Inquisitor vulpionis
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Inquisitor zebra
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Inquisitor zonata
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx angusteplicata
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Leucosyrinx barashi
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx bolbodes
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Leucosyrinx caecilia
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Leucosyrinx canyonensis
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Leucosyrinx circinata
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Leucosyrinx clionella
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Leucosyrinx dalli
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Leucosyrinx elsa
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Leucosyrinx equatorialis
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Leucosyrinx erna
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Leucosyrinx esilda
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Leucosyrinx exulans
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Leucosyrinx falklandica
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No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx hemimeres
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Leucosyrinx herilda
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Leucosyrinx julia
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Leucosyrinx kantori
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No picture found
 
Leucosyrinx lancea
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Leucosyrinx macrobertsoni
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Leucosyrinx madagascariensis
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No picture found
 
Leucosyrinx paragenota
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx pelagia
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Leucosyrinx pikei
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No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx plebeia
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No picture found
 
Leucosyrinx sansibarica
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No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera
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Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx taludana
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Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx tenoceras
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Leucosyrinx turritus
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Leucosyrinx verrilli
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Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Leucosyrinx verrillii
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Otitoma cyclophora
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Pseudomelatoma eburnea
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Pseudomelatoma grippi
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Pseudomelatoma penicillata
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Pseudomelatoma sticta
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Pseudomelatoma torosa
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