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Merica
Sign in to saveMerica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Merica, and connects out to Mollusca, United States and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Cancellariidae, Gastropod genera without authority reference and Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist).
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCancellariidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 108
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Cancellariidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, UWBM, AM, MNHN, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Australia, Japan, Unknown Or Invalid, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Singapore
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Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Merica include: † Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019 Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822) Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) † Merica crenata (Hörnes, 1856) Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000 Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000 Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822) † Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019 Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002) † Merica krocki Kovács & Vicián, 2016 Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881) Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000 Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002 Merica melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849) † Merica mutabilis Lozouet, 2019 Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) †Merica obsoleta (Hörnes, 1856) Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018 Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841) Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863) Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856) Merica stuardoi (McLean & Andrade, 1982) † Merica succineiformis (Boettger, 1906) Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975) 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 †Merica haweraensis Laws, 1940: synonym of † Scalptia haweraensis (Laws, 1940) † Merica kaiparaensis Laws, 1939: synonym of † Scalptia kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) (original combination) † Merica mioquadrata Sacco, 1894: synonym of † Perplicaria mioquadrata (Sacco, 1894) (nov. comb.) † Merica pukeuriensis Finlay, 1930: synonym of † Scalptia pukeuriensis (Finlay, 1930)
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