Mericella corbicula

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Mericella corbicula
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M. corbicula
Binomial name
Mericella corbicula
(Dall, 1908)
Synonyms [1]

Cancellaria corbiculaDall, 1908

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

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