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Inquisitor cotteri

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Drillia (Crassispira) cotteri was named by Vredenburg (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kama (Kama stage), which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in the Kama Formation of Myanmar.

It was recombined as Inquisitor cotteri by Piccoli (1991) and Piccoli (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. angustus, I. awamoaensis, I. eonodatus, I. exigua, I. fraudator, I. komitica, I. trevori

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Drillia (Crassispira) cotteri Vredenburg p. 283
1991Inquisitor cotteri Piccoli

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusInquisitorHedley 1918
speciescotteri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Inquisitor cotteri Vredenburg 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available