Species of gastropod
Belomitra quadruplex
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Family:
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Belomitridae
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Genus:
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Belomitra
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Species:
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B. quadruplex
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Binomial name
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Belomitra quadruplex
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Synonyms[1]
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- 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.[1]
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
- 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
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