Tenaturris merita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm.
The acuminate ovate-turreted shell contains 6 smooth whorls. It is shortly plicately ribbed, transversely striated, angulated next the simple suture. The outer lip is sharp. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is almost non-existent. Its color is yellowish, the back of body whorl is clouded with brown, with a brown line on the shoulder-angle.[2][3]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, between Monterey, California and Costa Rica
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