Biology:Mitromorpha aspera

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mitromorpha aspera
Mitromorpha aspera 002.jpg
Shell of Mitromorpha aspera (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. aspera
Binomial name
Mitromorpha aspera
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella aspera Carpenter, 1864

Mitromorpha aspera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

The reddish brown shell is spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly aspirated surface.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California , USA.

References

  • Carpenter. Jour, de Conch., xii, 146, 1865

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6882654 entry