Mitromorpha aspera
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| taxon = Mitromorpha aspera
| image = Mitromorpha aspera 002.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Mitromorpha aspera (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| authority = (Carpenter, 1864)
| synonyms = Daphnella aspera Carpenter, 1864
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Mitromorpha aspera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.{{WRMS species|434425|Mitromorpha aspera (Carpenter, 1864)||29 March 2010}}
Description
The reddish brown shell is spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly aspirated surface.[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] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.
References
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- Carpenter. Jour, de Conch., xii, 146, 1865
External links
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- {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }}
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