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Species of gastropod
Ergalatax contracta
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
Synonyms
[1]
Buccinum contractum Reeve, 1846
Buccinum funiculatum Reeve, L.A., 1846
Cronia martensi Dall, 1923
Ergalatax pauper Watson, R.B., 1886
Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, T., 1931
Morula ocellata (Reeve, 1846)
Murex calcarius Dunker, 1860
Ocenebra contracta (Reeve, 1846)
Ocinebra pilsbryana Baker, 1891
Pentadactylus ceylonicum Preston, 1909
Ricinula ocellata Reeve, 1846
Ricinula siderea Martens, E.C. von, 1874
Urosalpinx bandana Schepman, 1911
Urosalpinx innotabilis E. A. Smith, 1879
Urosalpinx smithi Schepman, 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]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the
Red Sea , the
Persian Gulf , in the Indian Ocean along
Madagascar and as a non-indigenous species in the
Mediterranean Sea ; in the Pacific Ocean along the
Philippines , the
Sulu Archipelago , Australia (the
Torres Strait ),
Hawaii and
Tonga .
References
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates . Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas . Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453
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