Belomitra quadruplex

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Belomitra quadruplex (MNHN-IM-2000-3052) 001.jpeg

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| genus = Belomitra

| species = quadruplex

| authority = (Watson, 1882)

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| synonyms = * Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891

  • Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897
  • Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897
  • Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883
  • Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897
  • Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897
  • Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897
  • Jumala brychia Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1885
  • Mangelia climakis (Watson, 1886)
  • Oenopota brychia (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1885)
  • Oenopota conspicienda (Locard, 1897)
  • Oenopota lyrata (Locard, 1897)
  • Oenopota spelta (Locard, 1897)
  • Pleurotoma climakis Watson, 1886
  • Pleurotoma quadruplex Watson, 1882

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Belomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae, the whelks.{{WRMS species|138853|Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)||2 January 2011}}

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters, the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and off New England, United States.

References

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  • Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296