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Vitularia
Sign in to saveVitularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- PRI, UF, UCMP, USNM, YPM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, United States, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
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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)
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