Naquetia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.Houart, R. (2010). Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204408 on 2010-12-22
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.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus info Jousseaume F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste 2(42): 335-338