Merica

Not to be confused with Mercia, Murica, or America.

For the Brazilian footballer, see Merica (footballer).

Merica
Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Cancellaria melanostomaG.B. Sowerby II, 1849
Synonyms [1]
Cancellaria (Merica)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank) Merica (Merica)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Merica (Sydaphera)Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation MomoeboraKuroda & Habe, 1971

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

Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

• † Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019
• Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
• Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822) ^[2]
• Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
• † Merica crenata (Hörnes, 1856)
• Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000 ^[3]
• Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000 ^[4]
• Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822) ^[5]
• † Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019
• Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002)
• † Merica krocki Kovács & Vicián, 2016
• Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881) ^[6]
• Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000 ^[7]
• Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002 ^[8]
• Merica melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849) ^[9]
• † Merica mutabilis Lozouet, 2019
• Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) ^[10]
• † Merica obsoleta (Hörnes, 1856)
• Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
• Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
• Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
• Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856) ^[11]
• Merica stuardoi (McLean & Andrade, 1982)
• † Merica succineiformis (Boettger, 1906)
• Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
• Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975)

Synonyms:

• Merica (Merica)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: alternate representation of MericaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Merica (Sydaphera)Iredale, 1929: synonym of Sydaphera Iredale, 1929
• †Merica haweraensisLaws, 1940: synonym of † Scalptia haweraensis (Laws, 1940)
• † Merica kaiparaensisLaws, 1939: synonym of † Scalptia kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) (original combination)
• † Merica mioquadrataSacco, 1894: synonym of † Perplicaria mioquadrata (Sacco, 1894) (nov. comb.)
• † Merica pukeuriensisFinlay, 1930: synonym of † Scalptia pukeuriensis (Finlay, 1930)

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.

• 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