Menathais intermedia
Menathais intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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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. intermedia
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| Menathais intermedia (Kiener, 1836)
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Description
[edit]Menathais Intermedia is a small snail with a solid shell that has a rough, bumpy surface. The shell has an ovate or spire shape with white nodules on a dark gray or black background.[2] Some may be of a colorful pink color inside, with some rough, ridgy edges along the shell.[3] The trochophore life stage is missing in its life cycle.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Menathais Intermedia can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from east Africa to northeast and southeast Asia,[4] including South Africa, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.[5]
Reproduction
[edit]Menathais Intermedia is a non-broadcast spawner.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais intermedia (Kiener, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714207 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Hoover, John A. (2022). Hawaiʻiʻs Sea Creatures: A Guide to Hawaiʻis Marine Invertebrates. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3.
- ^ Philippoff, Joanna; Wood, Caroline; Morishige, Kanoe; La Valle, Florybeth F.; Wood, Matthew; Faucci, Anuschka (2018). A Field Guide to Hawaiʻiʻs Coastal Organisms. Honolulu: CRDG University of Hawaiʻi. ISBN 978-1-58351-165-7.
- ^ a b c "Menathais intermedia, Intermediate rock shell". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ "Intermediate Drupe, Menathais intermedia". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- 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.
External links
[edit]- [httpsKiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (Cassidaria), Lamarck, pp. 1–10, pl. 1-2]://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859
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