Ergalatax margariticola

Ergalatax margariticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Ergalatax
Species:	E. margariticola
Binomial name
	Ergalatax margariticola; (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
Synonyms
	Cronia indica Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875; Cronia margariticola (Broderip, 1832); Drupa margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833); Drupa undata (Dillwyn, 1817); Morula kieneri Dautzenberg, Ph. & P. Fischer, 1906; Morula margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833); Murex margariticola Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833; Murex squamulosa Deshayes, G.P., 1844; Murex undatus Dillwyn, 1817; Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832; Purpura squamosa Deshayes in Belanger, 1832; Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844; Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842; Ricinula undata (Dillwyn, 1817); Sistrum indica Nevill & Nevill, 1875; Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817); Sistrum undatum var. kieneri Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905;

Ergalatax margariticola, common name : the shouldered castor bean, 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 14 mm and 40 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles, Tanzania, and in the Western Pacific Ocean and Japan.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213