Naquetia cumingii
- Usual depth10–208 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Naquetia cumingii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Naquetia cumingii”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–208 m · Deepest record: 525.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒラセヒメバショウ
Other scientific names: Chicoreus (Naquetia) cumingii, Murex (Pteronotus) cumingii, Murex cumingii, Murex trigonulus
Similar species
- Barclay's murex
Naquetia barclayi
- three-angled murex
Naquetia triqueter
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 112 open-data records from 1960 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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