Ergalatax contracta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Ergalatax |
Species: | E. contracta |
Binomial name | |
Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Ergalatax contracta, the contracted rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.
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