Vitularia
Vitularia salebrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Vitularia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Transtrafer Iredale, 1929
  • Vitulina Swainson, 1840 (alternative original spelling)

Vitularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

These marine species occur in the Indo-west Pacific and eastern Pacific; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

Species

Species within the genus Vitularia include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Vitularia Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Vitularia triangularis Bozzetti, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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