Merica asperella

Merica asperella
Apertural view of a shell of Merica asperella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
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. 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

• "Merica asperella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.