Attiliosa nodulifera, common names the noduled spiny drupa, the noduliferous murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the holotype attains 20.2 mm, its diameter 12.8 mm.
(Original description in Latin as Murex pagodus) The shell is ovate-fusiform in shape. The spire is acuminated (tapering to a point), smooth, and white, painted anteriorly with scattered brown spots. There are seven concave whorls, which are adorned with rows of spines. These spines are regular, tubular, and recurved, featuring fimbriated (fringed or ruffled) margins. The aperture is sub-rounded, and the columella is smooth. The siphonal canal is recurved, inclined to the right, and is equal in length to the aperture.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific; Fiji, Papua New Guinea; Philippines and Australia (Queensland).
References
- Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius copperingi (Smith). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 13: 111-129
- Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1âÂÂ648, pls 182. [554, pl. 155,
- Ponder, W.F. 1972. Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2(3): 215-248
- Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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