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Mitromorpha aspera P. P. Carpenter, 1864

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mitromorphidae »  genus Mitromorpha

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Description

Testa parva, tenui rufo-fusca, gracili, angusta, fusiformi, epidermide tenui induta; anfra. nucleosis 2 laevibus, vertice contorto; normalibus (t. adolescente) 4 elongatis, fenestratis, suturis distinctis; costulis radiantibus circiter 13 angustis, acutis, et costulis spiralibus, in spira 3, anfractu ultimo circiter 10, angustis, acutis, radiantes superantibus, eleganter decussata; intersectionibus subnodulosis, interstitiis quadratis; apertura elongata, antice effusa; labro postice vix sinuato. Long., .11; long, spir., .69; lat., .08 poll. (Carpenter.)
Elongated, with coarse fenestration. (Carpenter.)
Spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly asperated surface; reddish-brown. (Tryon, Manual of Conchology.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Monterey, California. RANGE. Monterey to San Pedro, California.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mitromorpha aspera Carpenter, 1864]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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