Vitularia

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Vitularia
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Vitularia salebrosa
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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 miliarisGmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • TranstraferIredale, 1929
  • VitulinaSwainson, 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]

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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

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