Attiliosa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aspellinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Characteristics
The genus currently contains about 33 recognized species, with several fossil species dating back to the Eocene. The genus was established by William K. Emerson in 1968. In older malacological literature, many Attiliosa species were originally described under the genera Murex, Muricidea or Vasum
The genus is often characterized by sturdy, fusiform shells with prominent axial ribs and spines.
The shape of the shell is generally ovate-fusiform to short-fusiform, with an acute, pyramidal spire. Most species are relatively small, ranging from 15 mm to 30 mm in length. The sculpture consists of 7 to 9 varices (ribs) per whorl. These varices often bear short, sharp, or tubular spines. The aperture is usually oval and often reinforced with lirae (internal ridges) on the outer lip. Many species are white, waxy or light tan, sometimes decorated with brown spiral lines or spots
Species
Species within the genus Attiliosa include:
- Attiliosa aldridgei <small>(Nowell-Usticke, 1969)</small>
- â Attiliosa arenaria <small>Darragh, 2017</small>
- Attiliosa bessei <small>Vokes, 1999</small>
- Attiliosa bozzettii <small>Houart, 1993</small>
- Attiliosa caledonica <small>(Jousseaume, 1881)</small>
- Attiliosa edingeri <small>Houart, 1998</small>
- â Attiliosa emilyae <small>Lozouet, 2023</small>
- Attiliosa eosae <small>Espinosa & Ortea, 2016</small>
- â Attiliosa evae <small>(Kovács & Vicián, 2024)</small>
- â Attiliosa gallica <small>Landau, Merle, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2019</small>
- â Attiliosa gibsonsmithi <small>E. H. Vokes, 1999</small>
- Attiliosa glenduffyi <small>Petuch, 1993</small>
- Attiliosa goreensis <small>Houart, 1993</small>
- â Attiliosa gretae <small>E. H. Vokes, 1999</small>
- Attiliosa houarti <small>Vokes, 1999</small>
- â Attiliosa juhaszi <small>Kovács & Vicián, 2024</small>
- Attiliosa kevani <small>Vokes, 1999</small>
- Attiliosa laurecorbariae <small>Garrigues & Lamy, 2019</small>
- â Attiliosa macgintyi <small>E. H. Vokes, 1999</small>
- â Attiliosa nassatella <small>(Grateloup, 1845)</small>
- Attiliosa nodulifera <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Attiliosa nodulosa <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>
- Attiliosa orri <small>(Cernohorsky, 1976)</small>
- Attiliosa perplexa <small>Vokes, 1999</small>
- Attiliosa philippiana <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Attiliosa poeyi <small>(Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979)</small>
- â Attiliosa pouweri <small>Landau, Merle, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2019</small>
- Attiliosa pygmaea <small>Garrigues & Lamy, 2019</small>
- â Attiliosa recognita <small>(BaÃ
Âuk, 2006)</small>
- Attiliosa ruthae <small>Houart, 1996</small>
- â Attiliosa septaspinosa <small>Lozouet, 2023</small>
- â Attiliosa subgretae <small>Lozouet, 2023</small>
- â Attiliosa villai <small>(Michelotti, 1847)</small>
Synonyms
- Attiliosa incompta <small>(S. S. Berry, 1960)</small>: synonym of Attiliosa nodulosa <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
- Attiliosa sperata <small>(Cossmann, 1921)</small>: synonym of Gracilipurpura sperata <small>(Cossmann, 1921)</small>
- Attiliosa striatoides <small>(E. H. Vokes, 1980)</small>: synonym of Acanthotrophon striatoides <small>E. H. Vokes, 1980</small>
- Attiliosa sunderlandi <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>: synonym of Murexsul sunderlandi <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>
- â Attiliosa villae <small>(Michelotti, 1847)</small>: synonym of â Attiliosa villai <small>(Michelotti, 1847)</small> (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
References
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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