Vitularia sandwicensis
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| Vitularia sandwicensis | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Vitularia sandwicensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
Vitularia sandwicensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]