Ergalatax margariticola

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]

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

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.

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References
  1. Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
  • 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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