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 (Reeve, 1846) Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915) Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998 Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883) Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971 Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995 Species brought into synonymy Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833): synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) Ergalatax martensi (Dall, 1923): synonym of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 (secondary homonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892); Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 is a replacement name) Ergalatax obscura Houart, 1996: synonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) (synonym) Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & Habe, 1961: synonym of Orania purpurea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) (original combination) Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931: synonym of Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883)
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 Houart, R. (2008). Rehabilitation of Ergalatax martensi Schepman, 1892) (Gastropoda: Muricidae), senior synonym of Ergalatax obscura Houart, and description of Ergalatax junionae, new name for Morula martensi Dall. The Nautilus. 122 (2): 99-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35186044 page(s): 99-106
External links
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18: 201-235