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Vitularia ecuadoriana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Vitularia ecuadoriana was named by Marks (1951) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Ecuador.]. Its type specimen is PRI 20481, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Vitularia ecuadoriana Marks p. 387 figs. pl. 8, fig. 12

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

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Vitularia ecuadoriana Marks 1951
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Diagnosis
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