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Vitularia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Vitularia was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Thaidinae by Wilson (1994); to Muricidae by Marks (1951), Ladd (1977) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
V. ecuadoriana
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. salebrosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Vitularia Swainson
1951Vitularia Marks p. 387
1977Vitularia Ladd p. 37
1994Vitularia Wilson p. 49
2001Vitularia Todd
2002Vitularia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVitulariaSwainson 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Vitularia Swainson 1840
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†Vitularia ecuadoriana Marks 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available