''Vitularia'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Distribution
These marine species occur in the Indo-west Pacific and eastern Pacific; also off Australia (
Queensland
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Species
Species within the genus ''Vitularia'' include:
* ''
Vitularia crenifer''
(Montrouzier, 1861)
* † ''
Vitularia dominicana''
E. H. Vokes, 1989
* † ''
Vitularia linguabovis
''Vitularia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Distribution
These marine species occur in the Indo-west Pacific and eastern Pacific; a ...
''
(Basterot, 1825)
* ''
Vitularia miliaris''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Vitularia minima''
Bozzetti, 2006
* ''
Vitularia salebrosa''
(King & Broderip, 1832)
* ''
Vitularia sandwicensis''
(Pease, 1861)
* ''
Vitularia triangularis''
Bozzetti, 2009
;Synonyms:
* ''Vitularia asiatica''
Kira, 1962: synonym of ''Vitularia miliaris''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Vitularia aspera''
Baird, 1863: synonym of ''
Paciocinebrina lurida''
(Middendorff, 1848)
* ''Vitularia candida''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of ''
Nucella wahlbergi
''Nucella wahlbergi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mu ...
''
(Krauss, 1848)
* † ''Vitularia crassicostata''
(Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † ''
Lyropurpura crassicostata''
(Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)
* † ''Vitularia curtansata''
Tate, 1888 †: synonym of † ''
Urosalpinx curtansata''
(Tate, 1888)
* ''Vitularia extensa''
M. Smith, 1947: synonym of ''
Vitularia salebrosa''
(P. P. King, 1832)
* ''Vitularia tuberculata''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Vitularia miliaris''
(Gmelin, 1791)
References
* Iredale, 1929
emoirs of the Queensland Museum, 9(3): 290; = miliaris Gmelin
* Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
* Herbert, G.S., Merle, D. & Gallardo, C.S. 2007. A developmental perspective on evolutionary innovation in the radula of the predatory neogastropod family Muricidae. American Malacological Bulletin 23(1): 17-32
* Barco, A., Claremont, M., Reid, D.G., Houart, R., Bouchet, P., Williams, S.T., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A. & Oliverio, M. 2010. A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 1025-1039
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 ppNeave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.
Muricopsinae
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