Naquetia barclayi

Naquetia barclayi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Naquetia
Species:	N. barclayi
Binomial name
	Naquetia barclayi; (Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms
	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.^[3]

Description edit

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 106 mm

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.

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Reeve, Lovell (1857). "Descriptions of Seven New Shells from the collection of the Hon. Sir David Barclay, of Port Louis, Mauritius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (340): 209. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1857.tb01226.x.*
- Sowerby, G. B. "Plate XXXVIII". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Illustrations. 1848–60. 5. Mollusca. Fig. 2. Murex Barclayi, Reeve
^ Preston, H. B. (1910). "Descriptions of Five New Species of Marine Shells from the Bay of Bengal". Records of the Indian Museum. 5 (2): 118–119.
^ ^a ^b 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.