Moerchia

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|authority= A. Adams, 1860

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Liotropica Laseron, 1958
Moerchiella Thiele, 1924 (Unnecessary substitute name for Moerchia A. Adams, April 1860, by Thiele believed to be preoccupied by "Albers, 1850" [in fact, Albers December 1860]; see also Moerchinella)
Moerchinella Thiele, 1931 (Nom. nov. pro Moerchiella Thiele, 1924, non G. Nevill, 1885, itself an unnecessary substitute name for Moerchia A. Adams, 1860)

|type_species = Moerchia obvoluta A. Adams, 1860

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

Species

Moerchia deformata Rubio & Rolán, 2014
Moerchia intermedia (Thiele, 1925)
Moerchia introspecta Hedley, 1907
Moerchia morleti P. Fischer, 1877
Moerchia obvoluta A. Adams, 1860
Moerchia perforata Rubio & Rolán, 2014

;Taxon inquirendum:

Moerchia biplicata P. Fischer, 1877

References

Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11(1): 47-74
Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. Novapex. 15(3-4): 63-71

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773 Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413]
[https://journals.australian.museum/laseron-1958-rec-aust-mus-2411-165182/ Laseron, C. F. (1958). Liotiidae and allied molluscs from the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province. Records of the Australian Museum. 24: 165-182]

Category:Pyramidellidae