''Moerchia'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...
, the pyrams and their allies.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moerchia A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559939 on 2021-08-11]
Species
* ''
Moerchia deformata''
Rubio & Rolán, 2014
* ''
Moerchia intermedia
''Moerchia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snail ...
''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Moerchia introspecta''
Hedley, 1907
* ''
Moerchia morleti''
P. Fischer, 1877
* ''
Moerchia obvoluta''
A. Adams, 1860
* ''
Moerchia perforata''
Rubio & Rolán, 2014
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Moerchia biplicata''
P. Fischer, 1877
References
* Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11(1): 47-74
* Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. Novapex. 15(3-4): 63-71
External links
Adams,_A._(1860)._On_some_new_genera_and_species_of_Mollusca_from_Japan._Annals_and_Magazine_of_Natural_History._(3)_5:_299-303_[1_April_1860_405-413.html" ;"title=" April 1860">Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860
405-413"> April 1860">Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860
405-413
Laseron, C. F. (1958). Liotiidae and allied molluscs from the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province. Records of the Australian Museum. 24: 165-182
Pyramidellidae
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