Merica

Merica
Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Cancellaria melanostoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971

Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

Synonyms
  • Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: alternate representation of Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Merica (Sydaphera) Iredale, 1929: synonym of Sydaphera Iredale, 1929

References

  1. 1 2 Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Merica melanostoma (Sowerby, 1849).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.


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