Merica elegans

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Merica elegans
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A collection of shells of Merica elegans (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Merica elegans
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancellaria elegansG.B. Sowerby I, 1822
  • Cancellaria reeveanaCrosse, 1861
  • Cancellaria reeveana var. subsinensisLöbbecke, 1881

Merica elegans, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and Western Thailand; also off Australia (Queensland)

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