Ergalatax contracta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Ergalatax |
| Species: | E. contracta
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| Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
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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[edit]
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.
- 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
External links[edit]
- "Ergalatax contracta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
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