| Merica | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]
Species within the genus Merica include:
Synonyms:
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.
Cancellaria is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica asperella, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica deynzeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica elegans, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica laticosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica lussii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica melanostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica oblonga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Scalptia bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Trigonostoma semidisjunctum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Nipponaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Scalptia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails with an extensive fossil range.
Sydaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Latirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Trigonostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Pyruclia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Hertleinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Euclia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
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