Vitularia sandwicensis
Vitularia sandwicensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vitularia sandwicensis | |
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| Shell of Vitularia sandwicensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Vitularia |
| Species: | V. sandwicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitularia sandwicensis (Pease, 1861) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex sandwichensis Pease, 1861 | |
Description
The white shell is fusiformly ovate and rather thin. It has about three transverse rows of brown spots on the varices. It contains five sharply angulated whorls. The body whorl is angulated just below the suture. The six varices are slightly oblique and wrinkled. The aperture is white and oblong-ovate. The outer lip is denticulated within. The columella is slightly arched. The siphonal canal is short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
References
- Vitularia sandwichensis (Pease, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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