Vitularia crenifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vitularia crenifer
Drawing of a shell of Vitularia crenifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Vitularia
Species:
V. crenifer
Binomial name
Vitularia crenifer
(Montrouzier, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex crenifer Montrouzier in Souverbie, 1861
  • Ocinebra crenifera (Montrouzier in Souverbie, 1861)

Description

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The length of the yellowish-brown shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Loyalty Islands , New Caledonia and Hawaii.[citation needed]

References

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  • Souverbie, M. (1861) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 9, 271–284, pl. 11.