Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798)

Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798)

Menathais tuberosa is a sea snail species with adult shells 17–50 mm, found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Family
Genus
Menathais
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798)

This species has the scientific name Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798). The shell of an adult Menathais tuberosa ranges in size between 17 millimeters and 50 millimeters. This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean off the coasts of Madagascar and Tanzania, and can also be found in the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean off Tonga.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Muricidae Menathais

More from Muricidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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