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(Krauss, 1848) † Vitularia crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination) † Vitularia curtansata Tate, 1888 †: synonym of † Urosalpinx curtansata (Tate, 1888) Vitularia extensa M. Smith, 1947: synonym of Vitularia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
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
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.