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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
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

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The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

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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

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  • 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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