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Ergalatax
Sign in to saveErgalatax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 153
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- CAS, ICML-UNAM, PRI, UCMP, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Fiji, Mexico, Japan, China, Jordan, Australia, Western Australia, Indonesia
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- Parent taxon
- Ergalataxinae
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- Ergalatax crassulnata 002.jpg
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Ergalatax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Ergalatax include: Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915) Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998 Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883) Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971 Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995 Species brought into synonymy: Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833): synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) Ergalatax martensi (Dall, 1923): synonym of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 (secondary homonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892); Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 is a replacement name) Ergalatax obscura Houart, 1996: synonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) (synonym) Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & Habe, 1961: synonym of Orania purpurea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) (original combination) Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931: synonym of Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883)
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