Merica asperella
| Merica asperella | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Merica asperella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| 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] | |
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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.
External links
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