Merica gigantea

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Merica gigantea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
Species:
M. gigantea
Binomial name
Merica gigantea
(Lee & Lan, 2002)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancellaria giganteaLee & Lan, 2002
  • Merica (Sydaphera) gigantea(Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) · alternate representation
  • Sydaphera gigantea(Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)

Merica gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Lee & Lan. 2002. Memoir Malacological Society of Taiwan 2: 21–24. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574372 on 2022-07-14}


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