Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ergalataxinae Scientific name Ergalatax margariticola Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Ergalatax Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Ergalatax, Morula, Muricodrupa, Drupella rugosa, Morula granulata | ||
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.
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Description
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
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.
References
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