Ergalataxinae

Ergalataxinae
A shell of Muricodrupa fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Ergalataxinae is a taxonomic subfamily of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family Muricidae, the rock snails.^[1] In this subfamily, the aragonitic shell has 0–2 varices.^[2]

Genera

The subfamily Ergalataxinae contains the following genera:^[3]

• Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
• Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953
• Ergalatax Iredale, 1931
• Lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
• Lindapterys Petuch, 1987
• Maculotriton Dall, 1904
• Minibraria Sarasua, 1984
• Morula Schumacher, 1817
• Muricodrupa Iredale, 1918
• Orania Pallary, 1900
• Pascula Dall, 1908
• Phrygiomurex Dall, 1904
• Spinidrupa Habe & Kosuge, 1966
• Trachypollia Woodring, 1928
• Uttleya Marwick, 1934

Genera brought into synonymy 

• Azumamorula Emerson, 1968 : synonym of Morula (Azumamorula) Emerson, 1968
• Cumella Jousseaume, 1898 : synonym of Lataxiena Jousseaume, 1883
• Habromorula Houart, 1995 : synonym of Morula (Habromorula) Houart, 1995
• Usilla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Cronia (Usilla) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

The classification into this subfamily is doubtful for the genera Daphnellopsis Schepman, 1913; Lindapterys Petuch, 1987 Maculotriton Dall, 1904; Phrygiomurex Dall, 1904 and Uttleya Marwick, 1934

References

1. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ergalataxinae/Pages/ergalataxinae_plate.htm
2. http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/test3/ergalataxinae.html
3. Philippe Bouchet & Roland Houart (2011). "Ergalataxinae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 March 2011.

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