Menathais intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.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
Description 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. Some may be of a colorful pink color inside, with some rough, ridgy edges along the shell. The trochophore life stage is missing in its life cycle.
Distribution and habitat Menathais Intermedia can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from east Africa to northeast and southeast Asia, including South Africa, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.
Reproduction Menathais Intermedia is a non-broadcast spawner.
References
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 [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