Menathais intermedia
Menathais intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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.
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.