Aspa marginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.GBIF
Description
Shells of Aspa marginata can reach a size of . 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.
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). Fossilworks
Cultural aspects The fossilized shells have been valued by humans and Neanderthals.Peresani, Marco, et al.: An ochered fossil marine shell from the Mousterian of Fumane Cave, Italy. PLoS ONE 8.7 (2013): e68572.
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Conchology Shell Canary Islands