Tenaturris merita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

The acuminate ovate-turreted shell contains 6 smooth whorls.

It is shortly plicately ribbed, transversely striated, angulated next the simple suture.

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