Moerchia

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Moerchia
Moerchia deformata (MNHN-IM-2000-27247).jpeg
Shell of Moerchia deformata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Moerchia
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Moerchia obvolutaA. Adams, 1860
Synonyms [1]
  • LiotropicaLaseron, 1958
  • MoerchiellaThiele, 1924 (Unnecessary substitute name for MoerchiaA. Adams, April 1860, by Thiele believed to be preoccupied by "Albers, 1850" [in fact, Albers December 1860]; see also Moerchinella)
  • MoerchinellaThiele, 1931 (Nom. nov. pro Moerchiella Thiele, 1924, non G. Nevill, 1885, itself an unnecessary substitute name for Moerchia A. Adams, 1860)

Moerchia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1]

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Species

Taxon inquirendum

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moerchia A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559939 on 2021-08-11