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Naquetia triqueter

Naquetia triqueter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Naquetia
Species:
N. triqueter
Binomial name
Naquetia triqueter
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Naquetia) triqueter (Born, 1778)
  • Chicoreus (Naquetia) triqueter vokesae Houart, 1986
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) flexuosus Perry, G., 1811
  • Murex (Chicoreus) triqueter Born, 1778
  • Murex roseotinctus Sowerby, 1860
  • Murex trigonulus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex triqueter Born, 1778
  • Naquetia triquetra (Born, I. von, 1778)
  • Pterynotus triquetor Born
  • Purpura cancellata Roding, 1798
  • Purpura variegata Roding, 1798
  • Triplex flexuosa Perry, 1811

Naquetia triqueter, common name : the three-angled murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family of Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the coasts of Madagascar, Tanzania, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
  • "Naquetia triquetra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
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