Naquetia vokesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Naquetia vokesae
Shell of Naquetia vokesae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Naquetia
Species:
N. vokesae
Binomial name
Naquetia vokesae
Houart, 1986
Synonyms

Chicoreus (Naquetia) triqueter vokesae Houart, 1986 (original combination)

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mozambique, South Africa, N Zululand and Natal; Madagascar; Comoros Islands; Tanzania and Southern Zanzibar in the western Indian Ocean and probably the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Naquetia vokesae Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • Houart, R., Moe, C. & Chen C. (2021). Living species of the genera Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964 and Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 22 (hors-série 14): 1–52.
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