Naquetia triquetra (Born, 1778)
67mm
Our
references do not all seem to agree on which species is Naquetia triquetra
and which is N. cumingii. What
we are calling Naquetia triquetra is uncommon in the Marshalls, and
is found under rocks or exposed at night at depths of 10 to 40m on the seaward
reef.
Shells are often heavily encrusted.
Looking for dinner? The murex was on the pecten Mirapecten rastellum
under a rocks, but there was no sign in the bivalve's shell that any drilling
had taken place.
The shell below is next to its
egg mass.
Created 1 October 2010
Updated 11 September 2011
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