Merica

Genus of gastropods

Merica
Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Cancellaria melanostoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank)
  • Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Merica (Sydaphera) Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation
  • Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971

Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

  • † Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019
  • Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
  • Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)[2]
  • Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
  • † Merica crenata (Hörnes, 1856)
  • Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000[3]
  • Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000[4]
  • Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)[5]
  • † Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019
  • Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002)
  • † Merica krocki Kovács & Vicián, 2016
  • Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)[6]
  • Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000[7]
  • Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002[8]
  • Merica melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)[9]
  • † Merica mutabilis Lozouet, 2019
  • Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)[10]
  • †Merica obsoleta (Hörnes, 1856)
  • Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
  • Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
  • Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
  • Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)[11]
  • Merica stuardoi (McLean & Andrade, 1982)
  • † Merica succineiformis (Boettger, 1906)
  • Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975)

Synonyms:

  • Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: alternate representation of Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Merica (Sydaphera) Iredale, 1929: synonym of Sydaphera Iredale, 1929
  • †Merica haweraensis Laws, 1940: synonym of † Scalptia haweraensis (Laws, 1940)
  • † Merica kaiparaensis Laws, 1939: synonym of † Scalptia kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) (original combination)
  • † Merica mioquadrata Sacco, 1894: synonym of † Perplicaria mioquadrata (Sacco, 1894) (nov. comb.)
  • † Merica pukeuriensis Finlay, 1930: synonym of † Scalptia pukeuriensis (Finlay, 1930)

References

  1. ^ a b Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. ^ Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. ^ Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. ^ Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  8. ^ Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  9. ^ Merica melanostoma (Sowerby, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  10. ^ Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  11. ^ Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2000). Three new species of the genus Merica (Neogastropoda: Cancellariidae) from South Africa and the Philippines. The Nautilus. 114(4): 142–148.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merica.
  • Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst.
  • Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8
Taxon identifiers
Merica


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