Vitularia Explained

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 within the genus Vitularia include:

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† Vitularia crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)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)

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