Menathais tuberosa Tuberose rock shell, Magpie Purpura, Horse-Chestnut, Magpie Purple

Menathais tuberosa is commonly referred to as Tuberose rock shell, Magpie Purpura, Horse-Chestnut, Magpie Purple. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7435 

AphiaID:

714205 

Scientific:

Menathais tuberosa 

German:

Höckerige Purpurschnecke 

English:

Tuberose Rock Shell, Magpie Purpura, Horse-Chestnut, Magpie Purple 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Menathais (Genus) > tuberosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Aldabra Group, American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moorea, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasman Sea, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

0 - 80 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 1.97" (1,7cm - 5,6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Detritus, Food specialist, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Menathais bimaculata
• Menathais intermedia
• 
  Menathais tuberosa
  Höckerige Purpurschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-11 09:33:05 

Last edit:

2021-08-06 14:03:31 

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