Vitularia

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|taxon = Vitularia

| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.347928 - Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

| image_caption = Vitularia salebrosa

|authority = Swainson, 1840

|type_species= Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791

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Vitularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|204000|Vitularia Swainson, 1840||25 April 2010}}

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 crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861){{WRMS species|408053|Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861)||25 April 2010}}
† Vitularia dominicana E. H. Vokes, 1989
† Vitularia linguabovis (Basterot, 1825)
Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|408054|Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)||25 April 2010}}
Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006{{WRMS species|390518|Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006||25 April 2010}}
Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832){{WRMS species|408055|Vitularia salebrosa (King & Broderip, 1832)||25 April 2010}}
Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861){{WRMS species|408056|Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)||25 April 2010}}
Vitularia triangularis Bozzetti, 2009{{WRMS species|456995|Vitularia triangularis Bozzetti, 2009||25 April 2010}}

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† Vitularia crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835): synonym of † Lyropurpura crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)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

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

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp]
[https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.]