Belomitra quadruplex
Belomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Belomitridae, the whelks.[1]
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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, USA
References
- 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
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