Attiliosa kevani

Attiliosa kevani
Shell of Attiliosa kevani (specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Attiliosa
Species:
A. kevani
Binomial name
Attiliosa kevani
Vokes, 1999

Attiliosa kevani 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 ranges 10-20 mm, its diameter around 11.0 mm. The shells of Attiliosa kevani are off-white, with orange-brown spots and spiny protrusions in a regular pattern.

Distribution

This marine species occurs near the coast of Jamaica, Colombia, and Honduras.

References

  1. ^ Attiliosa kevani Vokes, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Vokes, E.H. (1999). "Another look at the muricine genus Attiliosa". The Veliger. 42 (4). Retrieved 30 December 2025.