Ergalatax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Ergalatax include:
- Ergalatax contracta <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>
- Ergalatax crassulnata <small>(Hedley, 1915)</small>
- Ergalatax dattilioi <small>Houart, 1998</small>
- Ergalatax heptagonalis <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>
- Ergalatax junionae <small>Houart, 2008</small>
- Ergalatax margariticola <small>(Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)</small>
- Ergalatax martensi <small>(Schepman, 1892)</small>
- Ergalatax pauper <small>(Watson, 1883)</small>
- Ergalatax tokugawai <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1971</small>
- Ergalatax zebra <small>Houart, 1995</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Ergalatax margariticola <small>(Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)</small>: synonym of Drupella margariticola <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small>
- Ergalatax martensi <small>(Dall, 1923)</small>: synonym of Ergalatax junionae <small>Houart, 2008</small> (secondary homonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892); Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 is a replacement name)
- Ergalatax obscura <small>Houart, 1996</small>: synonym of Ergalatax martensi <small>(Schepman, 1892)</small> (synonym)
- Ergalatax purpureus <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Orania purpurea <small>(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)</small> (original combination)
- Ergalatax recurrens <small>Iredale, 1931</small>: synonym of Ergalatax pauper <small>(R. B. Watson, 1883)</small>
References
- 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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