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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Naquetia |
Species: | N. triqueter
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Binomial name | |
Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 50 mm and 75 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Tanzania, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- "Naquetia triquetra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.