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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| Vitularia salebrosa | |
Scientific classification 
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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 miliaris Gmelin, 1791 | |
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Distribution
editThese marine species occur in the Indo-west Pacific and eastern Pacific; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
Species
editSpecies within the genus Vitularia include:
- Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861)[2]
- † Vitularia dominicana E. H. Vokes, 1989
- † Vitularia linguabovis (Basterot, 1825)
- Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
- Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006[4]
- Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832)[5]
- Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)[6]
- Vitularia triangularis Bozzetti, 2009[7]
- 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- † Vitularia crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)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
edit- ^ Vitularia Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Vitularia triangularis Bozzetti, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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
External links
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- 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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