Aspa marginata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Aspa |
| Species: | A. marginata
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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]
Description
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in Western Africa, Senegal and Canary Islands.[3][2]
Fossil records
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]
Cultural aspects
The fossilized shells have been valued by humans and Neanderthals.[5]
Bibliography
- Bronn, H. G. (1827). Verzeichniss der bei dem Heidelberger Mineralien-Komptoir verkäuflichen Konchylien-, Pflanzenthier- und andern Versteinerungen. Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie. 8: 529-544.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79.
References
- ^ a b Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476434 .
- ^ a b GBIF
- ^ a b "Aspa marginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ Peresani, Marco, et al.: An ochered fossil marine shell from the Mousterian of Fumane Cave, Italy. PLoS ONE 8.7 (2013): e68572.
External links
- Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Leipzig: G.E. Beer. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. Paris: F.-G. Levrault.
- Lamarck, J.-B. M.]de (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris: published by the author. p. 154.
- mARTINI, F. H. W. (1777). Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet. III. Band. Nürnberg: Raspe.
- Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 [nomenclatural availability: 2020). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12]
- Kovács, Z.; Leél-Őssy, Sz.; Vicián, Z. (2023). "Ilona Valley revisited - A rich early Miocene gastropod fauna from the North Hungarian Basin". Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica. 38: 1–52.
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- Shell Canary Islands