Shells of Aspa marginata can reach a size of Шаблон:Convert.[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]
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]
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