Merica

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Merica
Merica sinensis.JPG
Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
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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]

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Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

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