Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Mangeliidae > Genus Villiersiella

Villiersiella attenuata (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Villiersiella*	Monterosato, 1890	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cythara attenuata*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Mangelia attenuata*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pleurotoma attenuatum*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pleurotoma bivonae*	Maravigna, 1840	synonym
*Pleurotoma gracile*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Pleurotoma gracilis*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Pleurotoma villiersii*	Michaud, 1829	synonym
*Pleurotoma vulpina*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1838	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422.
additional source	Landau, B., Harzhauser, M. and Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2023). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 18: Mangeliidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Cainozoic Research. 23(1), 47-111.
subsequent type designation	Spada, G.; Sabelli, B.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2023). Mangelia Risso, 1826 and allied genera in the Mediterranean with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59 (1): 1-53.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Villiersiella attenuata (Montagu, 1803). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437106