Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Ergalataxinae > Genus Ergalatax

Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ergalatax*	Iredale, 1931	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ergalatax martensi*	(Dall, 1923)	junior homonym
*Morula martensi*	Dall, 1923	junior homonym
*Cronia martensi*	(Dall, 1923)	synonym

Literature

original description	Houart, R. (2008). Rehabilitation of Ergalatax martensi Schepman, 1892) (Gastropoda: Muricidae), senior synonym of Ergalatax obscura Houart, and description of Ergalatax junionae, new name for Morula martensi Dall. The Nautilus. 122 (2): 99-106.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367898