Mitromorpha aspera
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| Mitromorpha aspera | |
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| Shell of Mitromorpha aspera (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. aspera
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha aspera (Carpenter, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella aspera Carpenter, 1864 | |
Mitromorpha aspera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The reddish brown shell is spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly aspirated surface.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Mitromorpha aspera (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Carpenter. Jour, de Conch., xii, 146, 1865
External links
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