Menathais tuberosa

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

Menathais tuberosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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

References
  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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