Ergalatax obscura Houart 1996 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: R. Houart. 1996. On the identity of Morula martensi Dall, 1923 and description of a new species of Ergalatax from the Red Sea (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae). The Nautilus 110(1):12-16
Belongs to Ergalatax according to R. Houart 1996
Sister taxa: Ergalatax martensi, Ergalatax recurrens
Type specimen: MNHN (no number), a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ergalatax obscura in the database
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