Naquetia barclayi
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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.[3]
Description[]
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 106 mm
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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[]
- ^ 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
- Sowerby, G. B. "Plate XXXVIII". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Illustrations. 1848–60. 5. Mollusca. Fig. 2.
- ^ 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.
Further reading[]
- D'Attilio, Anthony; Hertz, Carole M. (1987). "Comparison of Naquetia annandalei (Preson, 1910) and Naquetia Barclayi (Reeve, 1857)". The Festivus. 19 (6): 56–60. ISSN 0738-9388.
- Harasewych, Jerry (1973). "More on Murex barclayi" (PDF). Hawaiian Shell News. 21 (4): 4.
- Houart, Roland (1985). "Gros plan sur les Naquetia" (PDF). Xenophora. 29: 8–10. ISSN 0755-8198.
- Houart, Roland; Tröndlé, Jean (2008). "Update of Muricidae (excluding Coralliophilinae) from French Polynesia with description of ten new species". Novapex. 9 (2–3): 56. ISSN 1375-7474.
External links[]
- "Naquetia barclayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
Categories:
- Muricidae
- Gastropods described in 1858