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]

Menathais tuberosa
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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[1]
  • 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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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