Naquetia Jousseaume 1880

Naquetia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Naquetia include:

• Naquetia annandalei (Preston, 1910)
• Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1858)
• Naquetia cumingii (A. Adams, 1853)
• Naquetia fosteri D'Attilio & Hertz, 1987
• Naquetia jickelii (Tapparone Canefri, 1875)
• Naquetia manwaii Houart & Héros, 2013
• Naquetia rhondae Houart & Lorenz, 2015
• Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
• Naquetia vokesae Houart, 1986

Species brought into synonymy

• Naquetia capucina (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Chicoreus capucinus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Naquetia superbus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889): synonym of Chicomurex superbus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

References

• 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.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.