Ergalatax contracta

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Ergalatax contracta
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]
  • Buccinum contractumReeve, 1846
  • Buccinum funiculatum Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Cronia martensiDall, 1923
  • Ergalatax pauper Watson, R.B., 1886
  • Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, T., 1931
  • Morula ocellata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Murex calcariusDunker, 1860
  • Ocenebra contracta (Reeve, 1846)
  • Ocinebra pilsbryanaBaker, 1891
  • Pentadactylus ceylonicumPreston, 1909
  • Ricinula ocellataReeve, 1846
  • Ricinula siderea Martens, E.C. von, 1874
  • Urosalpinx bandanaSchepman, 1911
  • Urosalpinx innotabilisE. A. Smith, 1879
  • Urosalpinx smithiSchepman, 1911

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]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and as an invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago, Australia (the Torres Strait), Hawaii and Tonga.

References

  1. 1 2 Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 December 2010.