Belomitra quadruplex

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

The shell of Belomitra quadruplex varies in length from approximately 10 mm to 41 mm. It has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) structure with a tall spire and a moderately long siphonal canal, features typical of the family Belomitridae.

The teleoconch displays both axial ribs and spiral cords, resulting in a finely reticulate (net-like) surface sculpture. The aperture is elongate and ovate, with a thin outer lip. The shell coloration is typically light brown to yellowish, though coloration can vary with depth and locality.

The protoconch is small and smooth, suggesting planktotrophic larval development. Although there is no specific ecological study on this species’ diet, members of the genus Belomitra are presumed to be carnivorous or scavengers, as is common among deep-sea neogastropods.

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

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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

• 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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