Attiliosa kevani

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Attiliosa kevani
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Shell of Attiliosa kevani (specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
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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]

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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.
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