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Vitularia
Vitularia salebrosa
Scientific 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.

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:

• Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861)
• † Vitularia dominicana E. H. Vokes, 1989
• † Vitularia linguabovis (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 (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• † Vitularia crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)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

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.

• Iredale, 1929 .
• 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 pp
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.

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