{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |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'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> |synonyms= * ''Transtrafer'' <small>Iredale, 1929</small> * ''Vitulina'' <small>Swainson, 1840</small> (alternative original spelling) |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Vitularia''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|204000|''Vitularia'' Swainson, 1840||25 April 2010}}</ref>

==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'' <small>(Montrouzier, 1861)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|408053|''Vitularia crenifer'' (Montrouzier, 1861)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * † ''Vitularia dominicana'' <small>E. H. Vokes, 1989</small> * † ''Vitularia linguabovis'' <small>(Basterot, 1825)</small> * ''Vitularia miliaris'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|408054|''Vitularia miliaris'' (Gmelin, 1791)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Vitularia minima'' <small>Bozzetti, 2006</small><ref>{{WRMS species|390518|''Vitularia minima'' Bozzetti, 2006||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Vitularia salebrosa'' <small>(King & Broderip, 1832)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|408055|''Vitularia salebrosa'' (King & Broderip, 1832)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Vitularia sandwicensis'' <small>(Pease, 1861)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|408056|''Vitularia sandwicensis'' (Pease, 1861)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Vitularia triangularis'' <small>Bozzetti, 2009</small><ref>{{WRMS species|456995|''Vitularia triangularis'' Bozzetti, 2009||25 April 2010}}</ref> ;Synonyms: * ''Vitularia asiatica'' <small>Kira, 1962</small>: synonym of ''Vitularia miliaris'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Vitularia aspera'' <small>Baird, 1863</small>: synonym of ''Paciocinebrina lurida'' <small>(Middendorff, 1848)</small> * ''Vitularia candida'' <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864</small>: synonym of ''Nucella wahlbergi'' <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small> * † ''Vitularia crassicostata'' <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>: synonym of † ''Lyropurpura crassicostata'' <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small> (superseded combination) * † ''Vitularia curtansata'' <small>Tate, 1888</small> †: synonym of † ''Urosalpinx curtansata'' <small>(Tate, 1888)</small> * ''Vitularia extensa'' <small>M. Smith, 1947</small>: synonym of ''Vitularia salebrosa'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small> * ''Vitularia tuberculata'' <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of ''Vitularia miliaris'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>

==References== {{Reflist}} * 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== {{Commons category}} * [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.]

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Category:Muricopsinae

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