Belomitra quadruplex

Belomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae, the whelks.

Belomitra quadruplex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Belomitridae
Genus:	Belomitra
Species:	B. quadruplex
Binomial name
Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
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

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

Distribution

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

References

• 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

External links

• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
• MNHN, Paris: Belomitra quadruplex (holotype)