Ergalatax margariticola
| Ergalatax margariticola |
| 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. margariticola |
| Binomial name |
Ergalatax margariticola
(Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Cronia indica Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875
- Cronia margariticola (Broderip, 1832)
- Drupa margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
- Drupa undata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Morula kieneri Dautzenberg, Ph. & P. Fischer, 1906
- Morula margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
- Murex margariticola Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
- Murex squamulosa Deshayes, G.P., 1844
- Murex undatus Dillwyn, 1817
- Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832
- Purpura squamosa Deshayes in Belanger, 1832
- Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844
- Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842
- Ricinula undata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Sistrum indica Nevill & Nevill, 1875
- Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Sistrum undatum var. kieneri Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
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Ergalatax margariticola, common name : the Shouldered Castor Bean, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles, Tanzania, and in the Western Pacific Ocean and Japan.
References
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213
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