WoRMS taxon details
Ergalatax Iredale, 1931
138192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138192)
accepted
Genus
Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883) (type by original designation)
Cronia (Ergalatax) Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
- Species Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998
- Species Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846)
- Species Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008
- Species Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892)
- Species Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
- Species Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995
- Species Ergalatax contractus (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) (wrong gender agremment of specific epithet)
- Species Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915) accepted as Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ergalatax giauae Thach, 2023 accepted as Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, 1833) accepted as Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ergalatax martensi (Dall, 1923) accepted as Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 (secondary homonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892); Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 is a replacement name)
- Species Ergalatax obscura Houart, 1996 accepted as Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) (synonym)
- Species Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 accepted as Orania purpurea (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 231, 233 [details]
page(s): 231, 233 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ergalatax Iredale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138192 on 2025-07-10
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 231, 233 [details]
page(s): 231, 233 [details]
Other
additional source
Houart, R. (1995). The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297. [July 1995]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59176576 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
