Attiliosa aldridgei
| Attiliosa aldridgei | |
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| Shell of Attiliosa aldridgei (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Attiliosa |
| Species: | A. aldridgei
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| Binomial name | |
| Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vasum aldridgei Nowell-Usticke, 1969 | |
Attiliosa aldridgei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the holotype attains 29.4 mm, its diameter 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Bahamas
References
- ^ a b Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22–59
External links
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Vokes, E.H. (1999). "Another look at the muricine genus Attiliosa". The Veliger. 42 (4): 295. Retrieved 30 December 2025.