Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae

Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cronia (Ergalatax) margariticola auct
   Cronia (Ergalatax) crassulnata auct
   Murex undatus Dillwyn, 1818
   Purpura squamosa Deshayes in Belanger, 1832
   Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832
   Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
   Murex margariticola Broderip, 1833
   Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842
   Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844
   Thais crassulnata Hedley, 1914
   Morula martensi Dall, 1923
   Morula rhyssa Dall, 1923

Common Name

The Pearl-Shell-Inhabiting Murex p.sp. 178 [as Murex margariticola]      Reeve, L.A. 1845.
Shouldered Castor Bean p.148 [as Drupa margariticola For Drupa margariticola]      Allan, J. 1950.
Shouldered Drupa p.79, pl.236 [For Morula margariticola]      Coleman, N. 1975.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
feeding mode: scavenging
habitat: rocky shore

References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1982. p.117, figs. 19-20 [ as Cronia margariticola crassulnata ] Synonomy
Houart, R. 1995. p.252, figs. 6, 62 Contains synonymy
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.360, pl. 3, fig. 1 Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.147-160, figs. 40c-d, 45, 46, 47a-d, 48-51 [ Synonomy, description, habitat and distribution as Morula (Morula) margariticola ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. p.97 Biology and ecology
Wilson, B. 1994. p.22 [ as Cronia (Ergalatax) margariticola ] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.22 Synonomy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.22 [ as Cronia ( Ergalatax) crassulnata ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
                            Ergalatax Iredale, 1931
                              Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10747) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.