Ergalatax margariticola

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

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]

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.

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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Ergalatax margariticola; accessed : 19 November 2010