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Vitularia minima

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Vitularia minima
shell of Vitularia minima (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Vitularia
Species:
V. minima
Binomial name
Vitularia minima
Bozzetti, 2006[1]

Vitularia minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

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