Attiliosa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aspellinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Characteristics The genus currently contains about 33 recognized species, with several fossil species dating back to the Eocene. The genus was established by William K. Emerson in 1968. In older malacological literature, many Attiliosa species were originally described under the genera Murex, Muricidea or Vasum
The genus is often characterized by sturdy, fusiform shells with prominent axial ribs and spines.
The shape of the shell is generally ovate-fusiform to short-fusiform, with an acute, pyramidal spire. Most species are relatively small, ranging from 15 mm to 30 mm in length. The sculpture consists of 7 to 9 varices (ribs) per whorl. These varices often bear short, sharp, or tubular spines. The aperture is usually oval and often reinforced with lirae (internal ridges) on the outer lip. Many species are white, waxy or light tan, sometimes decorated with brown spiral lines or spots
Species Species within the genus Attiliosa include: Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969) † Attiliosa arenaria Darragh, 2017 Attiliosa bessei Vokes, 1999 Attiliosa bozzettii Houart, 1993 Attiliosa caledonica (Jousseaume, 1881) Attiliosa edingeri Houart, 1998 † Attiliosa emilyae Lozouet, 2023 Attiliosa eosae Espinosa & Ortea, 2016 † Attiliosa evae (Kovács & Vicián, 2024) † Attiliosa gallica Landau, Merle, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2019 † Attiliosa gibsonsmithi E. H. Vokes, 1999 Attiliosa glenduffyi Petuch, 1993 Attiliosa goreensis Houart, 1993 † Attiliosa gretae E. H. Vokes, 1999 Attiliosa houarti Vokes, 1999 † Attiliosa juhaszi Kovács & Vicián, 2024 Attiliosa kevani Vokes, 1999 Attiliosa laurecorbariae Garrigues & Lamy, 2019 † Attiliosa macgintyi E. H. Vokes, 1999 † Attiliosa nassatella (Grateloup, 1845) Attiliosa nodulifera (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841) Attiliosa nodulosa (A. Adams, 1854) Attiliosa orri (Cernohorsky, 1976) Attiliosa perplexa Vokes, 1999 Attiliosa philippiana (Dall, 1889) Attiliosa poeyi (Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979) † Attiliosa pouweri Landau, Merle, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2019 Attiliosa pygmaea Garrigues & Lamy, 2019 † Attiliosa recognita (Bałuk, 2006) Attiliosa ruthae Houart, 1996 † Attiliosa septaspinosa Lozouet, 2023 † Attiliosa subgretae Lozouet, 2023 † Attiliosa villai (Michelotti, 1847)
Synonyms Attiliosa incompta (S. S. Berry, 1960): synonym of Attiliosa nodulosa (A. Adams, 1855) Attiliosa sperata (Cossmann, 1921): synonym of Gracilipurpura sperata (Cossmann, 1921) Attiliosa striatoides (E. H. Vokes, 1980): synonym of Acanthotrophon striatoides E. H. Vokes, 1980 Attiliosa sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Murexsul sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) † Attiliosa villae (Michelotti, 1847): synonym of † Attiliosa villai (Michelotti, 1847) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
References
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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