''Merica'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.
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, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Merica'' include:
* † ''
Merica admirabilis''
Lozouet, 2019
* ''
Merica aqualica
''Merica aqualica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
(Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
* ''
Merica asperella''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Merica boucheti
''Merica boucheti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
(Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
* † ''
Merica crenata''
(Hörnes, 1856)
* ''
Merica deynzeri
''Merica deynzeri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
Petit & Harasewych, 2000
* ''
Merica ektyphos
''Merica ektyphos'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
Petit & Harasewych, 2000
* ''
Merica elegans
''Merica elegans'', common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.
Distributi ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)
* † ''
Merica estotiensis''
Lozouet, 2019
* ''
Merica gigantea
''Merica gigantea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mo ...
''
(Lee & Lan, 2002)
* † ''
Merica krocki''
Kovács & Vicián, 2016
* ''
Merica laticosta
''Merica laticosta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mo ...
''
(Löbbecke, 1881)
* ''
Merica lussii
''Merica lussii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollu ...
''
Petit & Harasewych, 2000
* ''
Merica marisca''
Bouchet & Petit, 2002
* ''
Merica melanostoma''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
* † ''
Merica mutabilis''
Lozouet, 2019
* ''
Merica oblonga
''Merica oblonga'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* †''
Merica obsoleta
''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 & ...
''
(Hörnes, 1856)
* ''
Merica pilasensis
''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 & ...
''
Verhecken, 2018
* ''
Merica purpuriformis
''Merica purpuriformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastrop ...
''
(Kiener, 1841)
* ''
Merica semperiana
''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 & ...
''
(Crosse, 1863)
* ''
Merica sinensis
''Merica sinensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
(Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Merica stuardoi
''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 & ...
''
(McLean & Andrade, 1982)
* † ''
Merica succineiformis
''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 & ...
''
(Boettger, 1906)
* ''
Merica undulata
''Merica undulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(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
''Sydaphera'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sydaphera'' include:
* '' Sydaphera anxifer'' (Iredale, 1925)
* '' Sydaphera australis'' (G ...
''
Iredale, 1929
* †''Merica haweraensis''
Laws, 1940: synonym of † ''
Scalptia haweraensis
''Scalptia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Scalptia'' include:
* '' Scalptia aliguayensis'' Verhecken, 2008
* '' Scalptia androyensis'' ...
''
(Laws, 1940)
* † ''Merica kaiparaensis''
Laws, 1939: synonym of † ''
Scalptia kaiparaensis
''Scalptia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Scalptia'' include:
* '' Scalptia aliguayensis'' Verhecken, 2008
* '' Scalptia androyensis'' ...
''
(Laws, 1939) (original combination)
* † ''Merica mioquadrata''
Sacco, 1894: synonym of † ''
Perplicaria mioquadrata
''Perplicaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in th ...
''
(Sacco, 1894) (nov. comb.)
* † ''Merica pukeuriensis''
Finlay, 1930: synonym of † ''
Scalptia pukeuriensis
''Scalptia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Scalptia'' include:
* '' Scalptia aliguayensis'' Verhecken, 2008
* '' Scalptia androyensis'' ...
''
(Finlay, 1930)
References
* 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
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
Cancellariidae
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