''Belomitra climacella'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family
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Belomitridae
The Belomitridae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...
.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Zealand
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and off Oahu Island,
Hawaii
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at a depth of 642 m.
References
* Dall (1895), Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 17(1032): 679, pl. 31, fig. 14
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985a) ''Mollusca Gastropoda: taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa''. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 133, 457–499, 18 pls.
Belomitridae
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