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The magpie purpura
Menathais tuberosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 714205, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- The magpie purpura
- Scientific
- Menathais tuberosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A rock snail with a knobby, black and white shell and an orange to cream opening. It lives on shallow reefs and rocky shores and preys on other molluscs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=17); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714205
- inaturalist.org /taxa/541825
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Menathais_tuberosa_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.