Naquetia barclayi, common name : Barclay's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[3]

Naquetia barclayi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Naquetia
Species:
N. barclayi
Binomial name
Naquetia barclayi
(Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms[3]
  • Murex barclayi Reeve, 1858[1]
  • Naquetia annandalei (Preston, 1910)
  • Pteronotus annandalei Preston, 1910[2]

Description

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The shell size varies between 50 mm and 106 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the Western Pacific Ocean along India, the Philippines and Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Reeve, Lovell (1857). "Descriptions of Seven New Shells from the collection of the Hon. Sir David Barclay, of Port Louis, Mauritius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (340): 209. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1857.tb01226.x.*
    • Sowerby, G. B. "Plate XXXVIII". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Illustrations. 1848–60. 5. Mollusca. Fig. 2. Murex Barclayi, Reeve
  2. ^ Preston, H. B. (1910). "Descriptions of Five New Species of Marine Shells from the Bay of Bengal". Records of the Indian Museum. 5 (2): 118–119.
  3. ^ a b Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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