Belomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae, the whelks.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Belomitridae |
| Genus: | Belomitra |
| Species: | B. quadruplex
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| Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm
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Distribution edit
This species is distributed in European waters, the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and off New England, United States.
References edit
- ^ a b Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 2011.
- 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 edit
- 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)
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