Menathais tuberosa

Menathais tuberosa
Scientific classification
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, common names humped rock shell, humped rocksnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Tonga.

References[]

^ ^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

Lamy, Ed., 1918. Notes sur quelques espèces de Purpura déterminées par Blainville dans la collection du Muséum de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 24: 352-357
Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102

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[WoRMS-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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