Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan; also off Australia.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Inquisitor:
Inquisitor acervatus Cotton, 1947
Inquisitor adenicus Sysoev, 1996
Inquisitor aemula (Angas, 1877) Inquisitor aesopus (Schepman, 1913) Inquisitor alabaster (Reeve, 1843) Inquisitor angustiliratus Sysoev, 1996 Inquisitor angustus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 Inquisitor arctatus Kilburn, 1988 Inquisitor armillatus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2014 † Inquisitor awamoaensis (Hutton, 1873) Inquisitor carmen (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Inquisitor chocolatus (E. A. Smith, 1875) Inquisitor citreus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 † Inquisitor cosibensis (Yokoyama, 1920) † Inquisitor cotteri Vredenburg, 1921 Inquisitor dampieria (Hedley, 1922) Inquisitor eburatus Bozzetti, 2011 Inquisitor elachystoma (Martens, 1901) Inquisitor elegans Bozzetti, 1994 Inquisitor elkeae Stahlschmidt, 2013 Inquisitor exiguus (Kuroda & Oyama, 1971) † Inquisitor flemingi (Vella, 1954) Inquisitor flindersianus Hedley, 1922 Inquisitor formidabilis Hedley, 1922 † Inquisitor fraudator (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) Inquisitor frausseni Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor fusiformis Stahlschmidt, 2013 Inquisitor glauce (Dall, 1918) Inquisitor harrymonti Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 † Inquisitor hebes Marwick, 1931 Inquisitor hedleyi (Verco, 1909) Inquisitor hormophorus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 Inquisitor imperceptus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 Inquisitor incertus (E. A. Smith, 1877) Inquisitor indistinctus Sysoev, 1996 Inquisitor insignita (Melvill, 1923) Inquisitor interrupta (Lamarck, 1816) Inquisitor intertinctus (E. A. Smith, 1877) Inquisitor isabella Kilburn, 1988 † Inquisitor ischnos (Philippi, 1887) Inquisitor janae Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 Inquisitor japonicus (Lischke, 1869) Inquisitor kilburni Wells, 1994 † Inquisitor komiticus Laws, 1939 Inquisitor kurodai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) † Inquisitor lanceolatus (Hupé, 1854) Inquisitor lassulus Hedley, 1922 Inquisitor latifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Inquisitor latiriformis Kilburn, 1988 Inquisitor lorenzi Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor mactanensis Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor mastersi (Brazier, 1876) Inquisitor michaelmonti Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor midas Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 Inquisitor millepunctatus Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Inquisitor minutosternalis Kosuge, 1993 Inquisitor mirabelflorenti Cossignani, 2016 Inquisitor modulatus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 Inquisitor multilirata (E. A. Smith, 1877) Inquisitor nodicostatus Kilburn, 1988 Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 Inquisitor odhneri Wells, 1994 Inquisitor plurinodulatus Cotton, 1947 Inquisitor plurivaricis Li B.Q., Kilburn & Li X.Z., 2010 † Inquisitor powelli (Dell, 1950) Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920) Inquisitor radula (Hinds, 1843) Inquisitor ritae Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2017 Inquisitor rubens Morassi, 1998 Inquisitor rufovaricosus (Kuroda & Oyama, 1971) Inquisitor sexradiata (Odhner, 1917) † Inquisitor shibanoi Masuda, 1967 Inquisitor solomonensis (E. A. Smith, 1876) Inquisitor spicata (Hinds, 1843) Inquisitor stenos Sysoev, 1996 Inquisitor sterrha (R. B. Watson, 1881) Inquisitor subangusta (Schepman, 1913) Inquisitor taivaricosa Chang & Wu, 2000 Inquisitor tuberosus (E. A. Smith, 1875) Inquisitor variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877) Inquisitor varicosus (Reeve, 1843) Inquisitor vesculus Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2022 Inquisitor vividus Li B.Q., Kilburn & Li X.Z., 2010 Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 † Inquisitor waihoraensis Marwick, 1931 Inquisitor zebra (Lamarck, 1822) Inquisitor zonata (Reeve, 1843)