| Fulgurofusus merope | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbariidae |
| Genus: | Fulgurofusus |
| Species: | F. merope |
| Binomial name | |
| Fulgurofusus merope (F. M. Bayer, 1971) | |
Fulgurofusus merope is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
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The Merope Nebula is a diffuse reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, surrounding the 4th magnitude star Merope. It was discovered on October 19, 1859 by the German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel. The discovery was made using a 10.5cm refractor. John Herschel included it as 768 in his General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars but never observed it himself.
Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Some 60 extant species have been described.
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Heteronympha merope, the common brown, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, endemic to the southern half of Australia. The wingspan is about 60 millimetres (2.4 in) for males and 70 mm (2.8 in) for females.
In Greek mythology, Merope is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of various myths.
Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinellidae, the pagoda shells.
Fulgurofusus atlantis is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus bermudezi is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus brayi is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus ecphoroides is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus electra is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus nanshaensis is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus sarissophorus is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus tomicici is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Peristarium merope is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus is a genus of sea snails in the family Columbariidae.
Peristarium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.
Merope was a Queen of Messenia in Greek mythology, daughter of King Cypselus of Arcadia and wife of Cresphontes, the Heraclid king of Messenia. After the murder of her husband and her two older children by Polyphontes, Merope was forced to marry the murderer, but she managed to save her youngest son Aepytus, whom she sent secretly to Aetolia. Several years later, when Aepytus grew up, he killed Polyphontes with the collaboration of Merope, and he took revenge for the murder of his relatives and the insult to his mother.
Merope tuber, the earwigfly or forcepfly, is the only species in the genus Merope, and the only living member of the family Meropeidae in North America. It occurs throughout the east from Ontario to Georgia, and west to Kansas. Recently the insect has also been found in Florida. This insect's most distinguishing feature is the segmented cerci on the male abdomen. The function of these is not known, but they may be used during courtship. Much is unknown about the adults, which are nocturnal and secretive, sometimes found under logs or in malaise traps near streams, or attracted to lights at nighttime. No M. tuber or Meropeid larvae have been identified. The insect is characterized by long wings with many veins and no ocelli. There is a region of interlocking sclerites that holds the jugum and scutellum on the middle thoracic segment together. This may be used to keep the wings together when pushing up through dirt. A similar apparatus is found in cicadas and ground-dwelling beetles, so it may be that the winged adults dig in soil. The flat appearance of the insect suggests that the insect dwells close to the ground in fissures and other small ground openings, as does the lack of ocelli.
Mérope is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire. The text is a reworking by Voltaire of the Italian tragedy Merope (1713) by Scipione Maffei, dating from 1736/1737. The play premiered in 1743 and first appeared in print in 1744.