- Naquetia barclayi
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Naquetia barclayi 
Naquetia barclayi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Muricinae Genus: Naquetia Species: N. barclayi Binomial name Naquetia barclayi
(Reeve, 1858)Synonyms[1] - Murex barclayi Reeve, 1858
- Naquetia annandalei (Preston, 1910)
- Pteronotus annandalei Preston, 1910
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]
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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
- ^ a b Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217176 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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