Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama, 1971

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, ZooKeys 1202, pp. 1-110 : 1-110

Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama, 1971

Figs 4 H , 8 D

Inquisitor vulpionis Kuroda & Oyama in Kuroda et al., 1971: 215, pl. 56, fig. 4; pl. 110, fig. 15. Type locality: Sagami Bay, Japan. Robba et al. 2004: 133, pl. 18, fig. 2 a – c. Robba et al. 2007: 93 (appendix). Wells et al. 2021: 108.

Referred material.

CUF - NKNY - G 28 (1 shell; Figs 4 H , 8 D ).

Habitat.

Sandy bottoms at a depth from 10 to 100 m ( Robba et al. 2004).

Distribution.

Japan and the Philippines. Records of fossils from the Holocene in Thailand ( Robba et al. 2004).

Record in Thailand.

Gulf of Thailand ( Wells et al. 2021).

Taxonomic remarks and comparisons.

This species is recognised based on the descriptions and figures in Robba et al. (2004), specifically in having a claviform shell with the sculpture of nine collabral ribs resulting in a nodose appearance at the periphery and gradually fading away on the shoulder slope as well as the very faint spiral sculpture all over the shell except for the base where more prominent cords are developed.

Comitas Finlay, 1926

Figures

Figure 4. Size comparison of gastropods found in this study A Brunneifusus ternatanus B Murex trapa C Indothais lacera D Pristiterebra miranda E Chicoreus capucinus F Indothais gradata G Ellobium aurisjudae H Inquisitor vulpionis I Turricula javana J Architectonica perdix K Pseudoneptunea varicosa L Cassidula nucleus M Pseudoetrema fortilirata N Paradrillia melvilli O Duplicaria tricincta P Granuliterebra bathyrhaphe Q Comitas ilariae R Cylichna modesta S Maoritomella vallata.

Figure 8. Gastropods A Indothais lacera B Murex trapa C Turricula javana D Inquisitor vulpionis E Pristiterebra miranda F Granuliterebra bathyrhaphe.