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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)


Range: 36.28°N to 1.78°N; 79.64°W to 24.43°W
Depth: 538 to 4707 m (live 1000 to 4707 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41  mm

Synonymy

Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1882
Clionella quadruplex (Watson, 1882) 
Pleurotoma quadruplex Watson, 1882
Clionella brychia (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Oenopota brychia (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Bela brychia (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Beringius brychia (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Jumala brychius Verrill & Smith, 1885
Mangelia climakis (Watson, 1886) 
Pleurotoma climakis Watson, 1886
Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891
Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897
Clionella costulata Locard, 1897
Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897
Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897
Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897
Belomitra major Locard, 1897
Belomitra minor Locard, 1897
Clionella minor Locard, 1897
Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897

Details


Pleurotoma (Clionella) quadruplex Watson, 1882a, p. 253-254, [Watson 1886, pl. 19, figs. 7a-b]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 73, west of Azores
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: West of the Azores
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) c
Combining Genera:  Clionella

Jumala brychia Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1885b, p. 422-423, pl. 44, figs. 10-10a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2224, 36°16'30"N, 68°21'00"W [off North Carolina]
Range: 36.28°N to 30.98°N; 79.64°W to 68.3°W
Depth: 538 to 4707 m (live 1000 to 4707 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Georgia
References: Verrill & Smith in Verrill (1885) DLNEM; Abbott (1974) SW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s; Sunderland & Sunderland (1992d) l
Combining Genera:  Bela Beringius Clionella Oenopota

Pleurotoma (Bela) clamakis Watson, 1886, p. 315-316, pl. 26, figs. 7a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 106, 1°47'N, 24°26'W, mid-Atlantic, 1850 fathoms
Range: 1.78°N ; 24.43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Mid-Atlantic
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Combining Genera:  Mangelia

Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897b, p. 225-226, pl. 10, fig. 22-27
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Talisman, 1883, dragage 122, 1440 m, au Sud des Açores
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897b, p. 224, pl. 10, fig. 15-16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897b, p. 222-224, pl. 10, fig. 9-14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Seven stations
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897b, p. 261-263, pl. 13, fig. 7-11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Travailleur, 1882, dragage 2, 608 m, au Nord de l'Espagne
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897b, p. 265-266, pl. 13, fig. 23-28
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Monterosato MS
Type Locality: Talisman, 1883, dragage 82, 120, 126, 127
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897b, p. 264, pl. 21, fig. 15-16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897b, p. 264
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897b, p. 224
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1882, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897b, p. 263-265, pl. 13, fig. 12-16
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Monterosato
Type Locality: Travailleur, 1882, dragage 11; Talisman, 1883, dragage 49
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris.
Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 395-452, pls. 42-44.
Watson, R. B. 1882. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 16 247-254. [Stated date: 08 Mar 1882.]
Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2) i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1886; true date: post Aug 9.]

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