Aspa (gastropod)

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Aspa
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Fossil shell of Aspa marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Aspa
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Ranella laevigata Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
  • Bursa (Aspa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Ranella (Aspa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 superseded rank

Aspa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

The ovate shell is ventricose and smooth. The spire is very short. The whorls are nodulous at the angles.[2]

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