Vitularia minima
Appearance
Vitularia minima | |
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shell of Vitularia minima (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
Genus: | Vitularia |
Species: | V. minima
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Binomial name | |
Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006[1]
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Vitularia minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Mozambique.
References
[edit]- ^ Bozzetti. 2006. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 53 (4) : 9–10. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b Vitularia minima Bozzetti, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.