Vitularia crenifer
Vitularia crenifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vitularia crenifer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Vitularia |
| Species: | V. crenifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861) | |
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Description
The length of the yellowish-brown shell attains 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Loyalty Islands , New Caledonia and Hawaii.
References
- Vitularia crenifer (Montrouzier, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Souverbie, M. (1861) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 9, 271–284, pl. 11.
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