Merica gigantea

Merica gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Merica gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Merica
Species:
M. gigantea
Binomial name
Merica gigantea
(Lee & Lan, 2002)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria gigantea Lee & Lan, 2002
  • Merica (Sydaphera) gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) · alternate representation
  • Sydaphera gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)

Description

References
  1. Lee & Lan. 2002. Memoir Malacological Society of Taiwan 2: 21–24. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574372 on 2022-07-14}
  • Lee Y.-C. & Lan T.C. (2002) Two new bathyal cancellariids (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae) from Taiwan. Memoir, Malacological Society of Taiwan 2: 21-24.


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