Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Cancellaria melanostoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1849 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Merica include:
- † Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019
- Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
- Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)[2]
- Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
- † Merica crenata (Hörnes, 1856)
- Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000[3]
- Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000[4]
- Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)[5]
- † Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019
- Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002)
- † Merica krocki Kovács & Vicián, 2016
- Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)[6]
- Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000[7]
- Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002[8]
- Merica melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)[9]
- † Merica mutabilis Lozouet, 2019
- Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)[10]
- †Merica obsoleta (Hörnes, 1856)
- Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
- Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
- Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
- Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)[11]
- 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)
References
- ^ a b Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 December 2012.
- ^ Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica melanostoma (Sowerby, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2000). Three new species of the genus Merica (Neogastropoda: Cancellariidae) from South Africa and the Philippines. The Nautilus. 114(4): 142–148.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merica.
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst.
- Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8
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