Inquisitor powelli is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor powelli (Dell, 1950) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831557 on 2018-10-29
Description
The length (estimated) attains 22 mm, its diameter is 6 mm. Distribution This extinct marine species was found in New Zealand.
References
Dell, R. K. "A Tertiary molluscan fauna from Waikowhai, Manukau Harbour, Auckland." Dominion Museum records in zoology 1 (1950): 29–37. Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links P. Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from South-East Wairarapa; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand vol. 81, 1953 Museum of New Zealand: Inquisitor powelli