| Tenaturris merita | |
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| Shell of Tenaturris merita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Tenaturris |
| Species: | T. merita |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenaturris merita (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tenaturris merita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm.
The acuminate ovate-turreted shell contains 6 smooth whorls. It is shortly plicately ribbed, transversely striated, angulated next the simple suture. The outer lip is sharp. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is almost non-existent. Its color is yellowish, the back of body whorl is clouded with brown, with a brown line on the shoulder-angle. [2] [3]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, between Monterey, California and Costa Rica
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