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Family: Pseudomelatomidae (See list of species below)

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75 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Crassispira albobrunnea []	No picture found Crassispira dhofarensis []	No picture found Crassispira flavolineata []
No picture found Crassispira monteiroi []	No picture found Inquisitor adenicus []	No picture found Inquisitor aesopus []
Inquisitor alabaster []	No picture found Inquisitor angustiliratus []	No picture found Inquisitor armillatus []
No picture found Inquisitor carmen []	No picture found Inquisitor chocolata []	No picture found Inquisitor dampierius []
No picture found Inquisitor elachystoma [Brown-bamboo-shoot turris]	No picture found Inquisitor elegans []	No picture found Inquisitor exiguus []
No picture found Inquisitor flindersianus []	No picture found Inquisitor formidabilis []	No picture found Inquisitor glauce []
No picture found Inquisitor hedleyi []	No picture found Inquisitor hormophora []	No picture found Inquisitor intertinctus []
Inquisitor isabella []	No picture found Inquisitor kawamurai []	No picture found Inquisitor kilburni []
No picture found Inquisitor kurodai []	No picture found Inquisitor lassulus []	No picture found Inquisitor latifasciata []
No picture found Inquisitor latiriformis []	No picture found Inquisitor minimarus []	No picture found Inquisitor minutosternalis []
No picture found Inquisitor multilirata []	No picture found Inquisitor nodicostatus []	No picture found Inquisitor nudivaricosus []
No picture found Inquisitor odhneri []	No picture found Inquisitor plurinodulatus []	No picture found Inquisitor rubens []
No picture found Inquisitor rufovanicosus []	Inquisitor rufovaricosa []	No picture found Inquisitor sexradiata []
No picture found Inquisitor stenos []	No picture found Inquisitor sterrha []	No picture found Inquisitor subangusta []
No picture found Inquisitor subochracea []	No picture found Inquisitor taivaricosa []	No picture found Inquisitor taivaricosus []
No picture found Inquisitor tuberosus []	Inquisitor varicosa []	No picture found Inquisitor vulpionis []
No picture found Leucosyrinx angusteplicata []	No picture found Leucosyrinx archibenthalis []	No picture found Leucosyrinx barashi []
No picture found Leucosyrinx bolbodes []	No picture found Leucosyrinx caecilia []	No picture found Leucosyrinx canyonensis []
No picture found Leucosyrinx elsa []	No picture found Leucosyrinx erna []	No picture found Leucosyrinx exulans []
No picture found Leucosyrinx falklandica []	No picture found Leucosyrinx hemimeres []	No picture found Leucosyrinx julia []
No picture found Leucosyrinx kantori []	No picture found Leucosyrinx lancea []	No picture found Leucosyrinx macrobertsoni []
No picture found Leucosyrinx paragenota []	No picture found Leucosyrinx pelagia []	No picture found Leucosyrinx pikei []
No picture found Leucosyrinx plebeia []	No picture found Leucosyrinx sansibarica []	No picture found Leucosyrinx subgrundifera []
No picture found Leucosyrinx taludana []	No picture found Leucosyrinx tenoceras []	No picture found Leucosyrinx turritus []
No picture found Leucosyrinx verrilli []	No picture found Leucosyrinx verrillii []	No picture found Otitoma cyclophora []

75 Species of Family Pseudomelatomidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Crassispira albobrunnea		Western Indian Ocean	0.86 SHH
Crassispira dhofarensis		Western Indian Ocean	1.39 SHH
Crassispira flavolineata		Western Indian Ocean	1.271 SHH
Crassispira monteiroi		Western Indian Ocean	0.64 SHH
Inquisitor adenicus		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor aesopus		Indo-Pacific.
Inquisitor alabaster		Indo-Pacific.
Inquisitor angustiliratus		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor armillatus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor carmen		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor chocolata		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor dampierius		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor elachystoma	Brown-bamboo-shoot turris	Indo-Pacific.
Inquisitor elegans		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor exiguus		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor flindersianus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor formidabilis		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor glauce		West Central Pacific
Inquisitor hedleyi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor hormophora		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor intertinctus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor isabella		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor kawamurai		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor kilburni		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor kurodai		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor lassulus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor latifasciata		Northwest Pacific	3.37 SHL
Inquisitor latiriformis		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor minimarus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor minutosternalis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor multilirata		Southwest Pacific
Inquisitor nodicostatus		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor nudivaricosus		Northwest Pacific
Inquisitor odhneri		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor plurinodulatus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor rubens		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor rufovanicosus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor rufovaricosa		Pacific Ocean
Inquisitor sexradiata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Inquisitor stenos		Western Indian Ocean
Inquisitor sterrha		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor subangusta		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor subochracea		Indo-Pacific.	3.39 SHL
Inquisitor taivaricosa		Pacific Ocean.
Inquisitor taivaricosus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor tuberosus		Western Central Pacific
Inquisitor varicosa		Indo-Pacific
Inquisitor vulpionis		Pacific Ocean
Leucosyrinx angusteplicata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2 DL
Leucosyrinx archibenthalis		Western Central Pacific
Leucosyrinx barashi		Northeast Atlantic
Leucosyrinx bolbodes		Western Atlantic.	0.81 DL
Leucosyrinx caecilia		Western Indian Ocean
Leucosyrinx canyonensis		Southwest Pacific
Leucosyrinx elsa		Western Indian Ocean
Leucosyrinx erna		Western Indian Ocean
Leucosyrinx exulans		Eastern Pacific.
Leucosyrinx falklandica		Southwest Atlantic
Leucosyrinx hemimeres		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Leucosyrinx julia		Western Indian Ocean
Leucosyrinx kantori		Eastern Central Pacific
Leucosyrinx lancea		Northwest Pacific
Leucosyrinx macrobertsoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Leucosyrinx paragenota		Southwest Atlantic
Leucosyrinx pelagia		Western Atlantic.	1.08 DL
Leucosyrinx pikei		Southwest Pacific
Leucosyrinx plebeia		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL
Leucosyrinx sansibarica		Western Indian Ocean
Leucosyrinx subgrundifera		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Leucosyrinx taludana		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.3 DL
Leucosyrinx tenoceras		Western Atlantic.	6 DL
Leucosyrinx turritus		Southeast Pacific.
Leucosyrinx verrilli		Atlantic Ocean.
Leucosyrinx verrillii		Atlantic Ocean.	3.6 DL
Otitoma cyclophora		Indo-Pacific.

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