Merica asperella

Merica asperella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica
Species:	M. asperella
Binomial name
*Merica asperella* (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms^[1]
Cancellaria asperella Lamarck, 1822 Cancellaria grayi Tryon, 1885

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1 2 Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2012.

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

External links

Gastropods.com: Merica asperella

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