Merica

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

• Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
• Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)[2]
• Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
• Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000[3]
• Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000[4]
• Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)[5]
• Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002)
• Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)[6]
• Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000[7]
• Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002[8]
• Merica melanostoma (Sowerby, 1849)[9]
• Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)[10]
• Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
• Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)[11]
• Merica stuardoi (McLean & Andrade, 1982)

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. 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.

External links

• 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