Mitromorpha aspera

Mitromorpha aspera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.^[1]

Mitromorpha aspera
Shell of Mitromorpha aspera (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. aspera
Binomial name
Mitromorpha aspera (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella aspera Carpenter, 1864

Description

The reddish brown shell is spirally lirate and longitudinally closely costulate, the intersections forming a roughly aspirated surface.^[2]

Distribution

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