Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Naquetia, Pterynotus (Naquetia)
Parent taxon: Chicoreus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Ladd 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1989 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus), Chicoreus (Chicoreus) florifer, Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex), Chicoreus (Siratus), Chicoreus (Triplex), Chicoreus asanoi, Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus jungi, Chicoreus ramosus, Chicoreus venezuelanus, Murex (Chicoreus) adelaidensis, Murex (Chicoreus) arrakanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) basicinctus, Murex (Chicoreus) capucinus, Murex (Chicoreus) longanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) lophoessus, Murex (Chicoreus) tenuicornis
Subtaxa: Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Vanuatu (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), France (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence