Naquetia annandalei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Naquetia annandalei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Naquetia
Species:
N. annandalei
Binomial name
Naquetia annandalei
(Preston, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Naquetia) annandalei (Preston, 1910)
  • Chicoreus annandalei (Preston, 1910)
  • Pteronotus annandalei Preston, 1910 (original combination)

Description

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The species attains a size of 100 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal; off Vietnam; the Philippine Islands; Taiwan; South Japan; Queensland, Australia; and the Marquesas

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naquetia annandalei (Preston, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217177 on 2021-08-31
  • Preston, H.B. (1910) Description of five new species of marine shells from the Bay of Bengal. Records of the Indian Museum, 5, 117–121.
  • Houart, R., Moe, C. & Chen C. (2021). Living species of the genera Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964 and Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 22 (hors-série 14): 1-52.