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]

Menathais intermedia
Shell of Menathais intermedia (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Menathais
Species:
M. intermedia
Binomial name
Menathais intermedia
(Kiener, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura intermedia Kiener, 1835
  • Ricinula intermedia (Kiener, 1835) superseded combination
  • Thais (Thalessa) intermedia (Kiener, 1835)
  • Thais intermedia (Kiener, 1835)

References
  1. 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
  • 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.
  • [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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