Merica purpuriformis

Merica purpuriformis
Shell of Merica purpuriformis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica
Species:	M. purpuriformis
Binomial name
Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms [1]
Cancellaria maccoyiPritchard & Gatlif, 1899 Cancellaria purpuriformisKiener, 1841 Merica (Merica) purpuriformis(Kiener, 1841) · alternate representation Sydaphera purpuriformis(Kiener, 1841)

Merica purpuriformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. ^[1]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574366 on 2022-07-14

• Pritchard G.B. & Gatliff J. H. (1899). On some new species of Victorian Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, new series. new ser., 11(2): 179–184, pl. 20