Mitromorpha aspera explained

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

Description

The reddish brown shell is spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly aspirated surface.^[1]

Distribution

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

References

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

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences