Naquetia triqueter

Naquetia triqueter, common name : the three-angled murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family of Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Naquetia triqueter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Naquetia
Species:	N. triqueter
Binomial name
Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
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

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

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