Species Inquisitor sterrhus (Watson, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Drillia sinensis Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162 [152] [junior homonym; not Clavatula sinensis, Hinds 1843].
• Pleurotoma sterrha Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Parts VIII-X. Pleurotomidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 388-475 [426].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.2.9.994 and 1887.2.9.995 Two shells, Cape York, QLD, in 5-22 m (Wells, 1994); Flinders Passage, off Cape York, Torres Strait, 7 fms. (original publication).
• Pleurotoma torresiana Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [37, pl. 4, fig. D].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.12.6.70 and 1882.2.23.591 Two shells, Friday I., Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD in 5-122 m, and Prince of Wales Channell, Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Drillia sterrha (Watson, 1881). —
  Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2) [413]
• Inquisitor sterrhus (Watson, 1881). —
  Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 [246]
• Drillia torresiana (Smith, 1884). —
  Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [156]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Inquisitor formidabilis auct. [not of Hedley]. —
  Wells, F.E. 1994. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Inquisitor and Ptychobela. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 15: 71-102 [75]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, mud-silt, subtidal.

 

General References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [243, pl. 673]

Powell, A.W.B. 1968. The turrid shellfish of Australian waters. Australian Natural History 1 16: 1–6 [4]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [127, pl. 17, fig. 10]

Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295 [932]

Wells, F.E. 1994. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Inquisitor and Ptychobela. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 15: 71-102 [75, pl. 1, figs 1-4]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [185, pl. 40, figs 34a, b]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [243] (Formidable Turrid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED