Naquetia barclayi
| Naquetia barclayi | |
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| Naquetia barclayi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Naquetia |
| Species: | N. barclayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1858) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 106 mm
Distribution
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
- 1 2 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.
External links
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