World Register of Deep-Sea species - Naquetia cumingii (A. Adams, 1853)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Naquetia cumingii (A. Adams, 1853)

To Conchology (Naquetia cumingii)

AphiaID

405842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405842)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880

Original name

Murex cumingii A. Adams, 1853

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Adams, A. (1853). Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 267-272. ["1851"; 7 December 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680533
page(s): 270 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution From southwestern Madagascar eastwards throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans, with Tuamotu Archipelago as the eastern limit.

Distribution From southwestern Madagascar eastwards throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans, with Tuamotu Archipelago as the eastern limit. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naquetia cumingii (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405842 on 2025-12-31

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Naquetia cumingii (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405842 on 2025-12-31

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-06-24 11:44:15Z

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Houart, Roland

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original description (of ) Adams, A. (1853). Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 267-272. ["1851"; 7 December 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680533
page(s): 270 [details]

basis of record 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.
page(s): 35, figs 22E-R, 28 [details]

additional source Houart, R., Moe, C. & Chen, C. (2025). Description of a new species of Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae) from the Philippines. The Nautilus. 139(2): 70-77. [details] Available for editors

additional source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 402; note: misapplication: pl. 79 fig. 18 represents N. jickelii [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Distribution From southwestern Madagascar eastwards throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans, with Tuamotu Archipelago as the eastern limit. [details]

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