Deep-Sea taxon details
Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882)
138853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138853)
accepted
Species
Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clionella quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Jumala brychia A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mangelia climakis (R. B. Watson, 1886) · unaccepted
Oenopota brychia (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted
Oenopota conspicienda (Locard, 1897) · unaccepted
Oenopota lyrata (Locard, 1897) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oenopota spelta (Locard, 1897) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma climakis R. B. Watson, 1886 · unaccepted
Pleurotoma quadruplex R. B. Watson, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 16: 247-254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982488
page(s): 253 [details]
page(s): 253 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138853 on 2026-09-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138853 on 2026-09-08
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original description
(of Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg P. (1891). Contribution la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 604-619, pl. 16-17., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114839
page(s): 605-606, 614; pl. 16 fig. 6-8 [details]
original description (of Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883) Fischer, P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 49-53 [31 May 1882]; 30(4): 273-277 [22 March 1883]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222876
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 263-265, pl. 13 fig. 12-16, pl. 21 fig. 15-16; note: name credited to Monterosato [details]
original description (of Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 261-263, pl. 13 fig. 7-11 [details]
original description (of Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222-224, pl. 10 fig. 9-10 [details]
original description (of Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 225-226, pl. 10 fig. 22-27 [details]
original description (of Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 265-266, pl. 13 fig. 23-28; note: name credited to Monterosato [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Jumala brychia A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885) 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. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 [details]
original description (of ) Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 16: 247-254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982488
page(s): 253 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.14 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]
page(s): 605-606, 614; pl. 16 fig. 6-8 [details]
original description (of Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883) Fischer, P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 49-53 [31 May 1882]; 30(4): 273-277 [22 March 1883]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222876
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 263-265, pl. 13 fig. 12-16, pl. 21 fig. 15-16; note: name credited to Monterosato [details]
original description (of Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 261-263, pl. 13 fig. 7-11 [details]
original description (of Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222-224, pl. 10 fig. 9-10 [details]
original description (of Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 225-226, pl. 10 fig. 22-27 [details]
original description (of Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 265-266, pl. 13 fig. 23-28; note: name credited to Monterosato [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Jumala brychia A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885) 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. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 [details]
original description (of ) Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 16: 247-254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982488
page(s): 253 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.14 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883)
To Malacopics (Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) Portugal, Açores, SE of Santa Maria, 36°5...
To Malacopics (Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) Spain, Canarias, SE of Lanzarote, 28°43'N...
To PESI (from synonym Jumala brychia A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma climakis R. B. Watson, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma quadruplex R. B. Watson, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882))
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883)
To Malacopics (Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) Portugal, Açores, SE of Santa Maria, 36°5...
To Malacopics (Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) Spain, Canarias, SE of Lanzarote, 28°43'N...
To PESI (from synonym Jumala brychia A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma climakis R. B. Watson, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma quadruplex R. B. Watson, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882))
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta var. major Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Belomitra spelta var. minor Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella delicatulina var. costulata Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Clionella quadruplex var. minor Locard, 1897)
Unreviewed
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