Ergalatax

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|image_caption = Ergalatax crassulnata

|taxon = Ergalatax

|authority = Iredale, 1931

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|synonyms = Cronia (Ergalatax)

|type_species = Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931

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Ergalatax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|138192|Ergalatax Iredale, 1931||18 December 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Ergalatax include:

Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846){{WRMS species|233616|Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915){{WRMS species|408057|Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998{{WRMS species|408058|Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846){{WRMS species|408059|Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008{{WRMS species|367898|Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833){{WRMS species|408060|Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892){{WRMS species|408061|Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883){{WRMS species|408062|Ergalatax pauper (Watson, 1883)||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971{{WRMS species|408063|Ergalatax tokugawai Kuroda & Habe, 1971||25 April 2010}}
Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995{{WRMS species|408064|Ergalatax zebra Houart, 1995||25 April 2010}}

;Species brought into synonymy:

Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833): synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
Ergalatax martensi (Dall, 1923): synonym of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 (secondary homonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892); Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008 is a replacement name)
Ergalatax obscura Houart, 1996: synonym of Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892) (synonym)
Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & Habe, 1961: synonym of Orania purpurea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) (original combination)
Ergalatax recurrens Iredale, 1931: synonym of Ergalatax pauper (R. B. Watson, 1883)

Houart R. (1995["1994"]) 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. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297

[http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18: 201-235]