Ergalatax junionae

Ergalatax junionae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Ergalatax junionae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Ergalatax
Species:
E. junionae
Binomial name
Ergalatax junionae
Houart, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]

Morula martensi Dall, 1923
Morula siderea Martens, 1874

Description

Distribution

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

References
  1. Houart R. (2008). Rehabilitation of Ergalatax martensi Schepman, 1892) (Gastropoda: Muricidae), senior synonym of Ergalatax obscura Houart, 1996, and description of Ergalatax junionae, new name for Morula martensi Dall, 1923. The Nautilus 122(2): 99–106. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

3- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.


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