Ergalataxinae

Ergalataxinae

A shell of Muricodrupa fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Ergalataxinae is a taxonomic subfamily of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family Muricidae, the rock snails.^[1] In this subfamily, the aragonitic shell has 0–2 varices.^[2]

Genera

The subfamily Ergalataxinae contains the following genera:^[3]

Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953
Ergalatax Iredale, 1931
Lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
Lindapterys Petuch, 1987
Maculotriton Dall, 1904
Minibraria Sarasua, 1984
Morula Schumacher, 1817
Muricodrupa Iredale, 1918
Orania Pallary, 1900
Pascula Dall, 1908
Phrygiomurex Dall, 1904
Spinidrupa Habe & Kosuge, 1966
Trachypollia Woodring, 1928
Uttleya Marwick, 1934

Genera brought into synonymy

Azumamorula Emerson, 1968 : synonym of Morula (Azumamorula) Emerson, 1968
Cumella Jousseaume, 1898 : synonym of Lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
Habromorula Houart, 1995 : synonym of Morula (Habromorula) Houart, 1995
Usilla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Cronia (Usilla) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

The classification into this subfamily is doubtful for the genera Daphnellopsis Schepman, 1913; Lindapterys Petuch, 1987 Maculotriton Dall, 1904; Phrygiomurex Dall, 1904 and Uttleya Marwick, 1934

References

^ http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ergalataxinae/Pages/ergalataxinae_plate.htm
^ http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/test3/ergalataxinae.html
^ Philippe Bouchet & Roland Houart (2011). "Ergalataxinae". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397227. Retrieved 1 March 2011.