Attiliosa aldridgei

Attiliosa aldridgei
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
Binomial name
Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
Synonyms [1]
Vasum aldridgeiNowell-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

1. 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.