Biology:Vitularia miliaris

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vitularia miliaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Vitularia
Species:	V. miliaris
Binomial name
Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Murex alutaceus Menke, 1829 Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791 Murex purpura Deshayes, 1843 Murex vitulinus Lamarck, 1816 Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817 Transtrafer longmani Iredale, 1929 Vitularia asiaticus Kuroda in Kira, 1962 Vitulina tuberculata Swainson, 1840

Vitularia miliaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7937368 entry