Mericella | |
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Mericella bozzettii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Mericella Thiele, 1929 |
Type species | |
Cancellaria jucundaThiele, 1925 | |
Synonyms | |
Cancellaria (Mericella)Thiele, 1929 (original rank) |
Mericella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]
Species within the genus Mericella include:
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.
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.
Gerdiella cingulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Mericella paschalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Admetula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Axelella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Bonellitia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Gerdiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Microsveltia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Neadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Nipponaphera 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.
Trigonaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Tritonoharpa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Zeadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Pleurotomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Brocchinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Trigonostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.