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Vitularia

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

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:
  • Vitularia asiatica <small>Kira, 1962</small>: synonym of Vitularia miliaris <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
  • Vitularia aspera <small>Baird, 1863</small>: synonym of Paciocinebrina lurida <small>(Middendorff, 1848)</small>
  • Vitularia candida <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864</small>: synonym of Nucella wahlbergi <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>
  • † Vitularia crassicostata <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>: synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small> (superseded combination)
  • † Vitularia curtansata <small>Tate, 1888</small> †: synonym of † Urosalpinx curtansata <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
  • Vitularia extensa <small>M. Smith, 1947</small>: synonym of Vitularia salebrosa <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>
  • Vitularia tuberculata <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Vitularia miliaris <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>

References

  • Iredale, 1929 [Memoirs 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

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