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Naquetia triqueter
Scientific 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
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.

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 75 mm

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Distribution

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

References

1. ^ 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

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

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