MolluscaBase taxon details
Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846)
408059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408059)
accepted
Species
Cronia heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Drupa heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
Drupa ochrostoma heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
Morula heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
Ricinula heptagonalis Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ricinula ochrostoma heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
Urosalpinx heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
marine
(of Ricinula heptagonalis Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 3, species no. 17 [details]
page(s): pl. 3, species no. 17 [details]
Type locality contained in Panama
type locality contained in Panama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408059 on 2025-09-11
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(of Ricinula heptagonalis Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 3, species no. 17 [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
page(s): 223 [details]
page(s): pl. 3, species no. 17 [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
page(s): 223 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Urosalpinx heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Conchology (Ergalatax heptagonalis)
To Malacopics (Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, on rocks at base of pier, collected October 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Conchology (Ergalatax heptagonalis)
To Malacopics (Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, on rocks at base of pier, collected October 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
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