Merica marisca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]
Merica marisca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Merica |
Species: | M. marisca
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Binomial name | |
Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia
References
edit- ^ Bouchet & Petit (2002). The Nautilus 116 (3) : 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.