Menathais tuberosa

Menathais tuberosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Menathais
Species:	M. tuberosa
Binomial name
	Menathais tuberosa; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Drupa trapa Röding, 1798; Galeodes tuberosa Röding, 1798; Mancinella tuberosa (Röding, 1798); Purpura pica Blainville, 1832; Purpura pica var. major Couturier, 1907; Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa (Röding, 1798); Thais pica Blainville; Vasum castaneum Röding, 1798;

Menathais tuberosa, commonly known as Humped rock shell or humped rocksnail, is a species of sea snail in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; also in the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean off Tonga

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714205 on 2019-01-06

External links

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[WoRMS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714205 on 2019-01-06

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