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Naquetia triqueter

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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 Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 50 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

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

References

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  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
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  • "Naquetia triquetra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.