WoRMS taxon details

Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)

408054  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408054)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Muricidae incertae sedis (Subfamily)
  10. Vitularia (Genus)
  11. Vitularia miliaris (Species)
accepted
Species
Murex alutaceus Menke, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex purpura Deshayes, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex vitulinus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Transtrafer longmani Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vitulina tuberculata (Swainson, 1840) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408054 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex purpura Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019 [details] 

original description (of Murex vitulinus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details] 

original description (of Transtrafer longmani Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 290 [details] 

original description (of Vitularia asiatica Kira, 1962) Kira, T. (1962). Shells of the Western Pacific in Color. First edition. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, [vii], 224 pp., 72 pls. [details] 

original description (of Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details] 

original description (of Vitularia tuberculata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 297 [details] 

original description (of Murex alutaceus Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752 [details] 

original description (of Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Murex purpura Deshayes, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris ALBINISTIC) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris ALBINO) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris BLACK) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris BROWN) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris CREAM) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris GIANT) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris PINK) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Vitularia miliaris YELLOW) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vitularia miliaris) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Capital Territory (Honiara), Honi... 
To Malacopics (Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. F.J.A. S... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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