Ergalatax

Ergalatax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Ergalatax
Ergalatax crassulnata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Ergalatax
Iredale, 1931
Type species
Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931
Synonyms[1]

Cronia (Ergalatax)

Species

Species within the genus Ergalatax include:

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)

References
  1. Ergalatax Iredale, 1931. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2010.
  2. Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297
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