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| Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Aspa |
| Species: | A. marginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Aspa marginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1] [2]
Shells of Aspa marginata can reach a size of 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.57 in). [3] These shells are quite thick, beige in color, with a smooth surface, a deep siphonal canal and a short spire.
This marine species occurs in Western Africa, Senegal and Canary Islands. [3] [2]
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Miocene of Italy and France to the Quaternary of Namibia and Spain (age range: from 15.97 to 0.781 million years ago). [4]
The fossilized shells have been valued by humans and Neanderthals. [5]
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