Ergalatax
| Ergalatax | |
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| Ergalatax crassulnata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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Cronia (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]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Ergalatax include:
- Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)[2]
- Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915)[3]
- Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998[4]
- Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846)[5]
- Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008[6]
- Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)[7]
- Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892)[8]
- Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883)[9]
- Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971[10]
- Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995[11]
- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Ergalatax Iredale, 1931. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ 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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