Aspa (gastropod)

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

Aspa
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Fossil shell of Aspa marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Aspa

H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

Species within the genus Aspa include:

The genus Aspa is known in the fossil record from the Miocene epoch, about 13.65 million years ago. These fossils have been found in the Quaternary of Namibia and Spain, in the Pliocene of Costa Rica, Greece and Spain and in the Miocene of Austria, Greece, Hungary and Italy.[3]

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References
  1. Aspa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. WoRMS (2010). Aspa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463402 on 19 June 2010 .
  2. Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  3. Fossilworks


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