Merica

{{Distinguish|Mercia|Murica (disambiguation){{!}}Murica|America}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Merica sinensis.JPG

|image_caption = Apertural view of shell of Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)

|taxon = Merica

|authority = H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

|synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|206301|Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854||27 December 2012}}

|synonyms =

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

|type_species= Cancellaria melanostoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1849

|display_parents= 3

}}

Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.{{WRMS species|206301|Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854||27 December 2012}}

Species

Species within the genus Merica include:

† Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019
Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822){{WRMS species|464762|Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)||13 April 2010}}
Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
† Merica crenata (Hörnes, 1856)
Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000{{WRMS species|464763|Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000||13 April 2010}}
Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000{{WRMS species|464764|Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000||13 April 2010}}
Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822){{WRMS species|464765|Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)||13 April 2010}}
† Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019
Merica gigantea (Lee & Lan, 2002)
† Merica krocki Kovács & Vicián, 2016
Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881){{WRMS species|464766|Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)||13 April 2010}}
Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000{{WRMS species|464767|Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000||13 April 2010}}
Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002{{WRMS species|456855|Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002||13 April 2010}}
Merica melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849){{WRMS species|217192|Merica melanostoma (Sowerby, 1849)||13 April 2010}}
† Merica mutabilis Lozouet, 2019
Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825){{WRMS species|464768|Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)||13 April 2010}}
†Merica obsoleta (Hörnes, 1856)
Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856){{WRMS species|464769|Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)||13 April 2010}}
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

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.

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst.]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831144310/http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf 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]

Category:Cancellariidae