Attiliosa nodulifera

Attiliosa nodulifera
Shell of Attiliosa nodulifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Attiliosa
Species:	A. nodulifera
Binomial name
Attiliosa nodulifera (G.B. Sowerb II, 1841)
Synonyms [1]
Latiaxis exfoliatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1882 (unnecessary substitute name for Murex pagodusA. Adams, 1853, by Sowerby said to be "preoccupied") Murex (Muricidea) pagodusA. Adams, 1853 Murex (Trophon) fruticosusA. A. Gould, 1849 (junior subjective synonym) Murex exfoliatusSowerby, 1882 Murex fruticosusGould, 1849 Murex noduliferaSowerby, 1841 Murex pagodusA. Adams, 1853 Muricopsis noduliferus(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) ·

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific; Fiji, Papua New Guinea; Philippines and Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Attiliosa nodulifera (G..B. Sowerby II, 1841) . 24 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Adams, A. (1853). "Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 269. Retrieved 31 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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. 1–648, 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.

External links

• Sowerby, G.B. II (1834–1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London: privately published. p. 8. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
• Sowerby, GB. II (1882). Monograph of the genus Latiaxis. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 5 (37–38): 1–5, pl. 424 In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.). London: privately published. p. 3.
• Gould, A.A. (1849). "Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 143.
• Vokes, E.H. (1999). "Another look at the muricine genus Attiliosa". The Veliger. 42 (4). Retrieved 30 December 2025.