WoRMS taxon details
Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
206301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206301)
accepted
Genus
Cancellaria melanostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 accepted as Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) (type by subsequent designation)
Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (original rank)
Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · alternate representation
Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted
Species Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Species Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Species Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
Species Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
Species Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)
Species Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002
Species Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Merica oblonga (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
Species Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
Species Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
Species Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
Species Merica stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982)
Species Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975)
Species Merica macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 represented as Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Species Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Species Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
Species Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
Species Merica laticosta (Löbbecke, 1881)
Species Merica lussii Petit & Harasewych, 2000
Species Merica marisca Bouchet & Petit, 2002
Species Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Merica oblonga (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Merica pilasensis Verhecken, 2018
Species Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
Species Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
Species Merica sinensis (Reeve, 1856)
Species Merica stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982)
Species Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975)
Species Merica macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Merica (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 represented as Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
» Species Merica (Merica) aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) represented as Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
» Species Merica (Merica) ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000 represented as Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000
» Species Merica (Merica) melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) represented as Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
» Species Merica (Merica) purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841) represented as Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
Subgenus Merica (Sydaphera) Iredale, 1929 represented as Sydaphera Iredale, 1929» Species Merica (Merica) ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000 represented as Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000
» Species Merica (Merica) melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) represented as Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
» Species Merica (Merica) purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841) represented as Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) represented as Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) represented as Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) semperiana (Crosse, 1863) represented as Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982) represented as Merica stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) represented as Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) represented as Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) semperiana (Crosse, 1863) represented as Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982) represented as Merica stuardoi (J. H. McLean & Andrade, 1982)
» Species Merica (Sydaphera) undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) represented as Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206301 on 2023-10-04
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original description
(of Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]
basis of record Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2000). Three new species of the genus <i>Merica</i> (Neogastropoda: Cancellariidae) from South Africa and the Philippines. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 114(4): 142–148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271814
page(s): 142. [details]
additional source Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
subsequent type designation Cossmann, M. (1899). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Troisième livraison. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 201 pp., 8 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36853285
page(s): 13. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]
basis of record Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2000). Three new species of the genus <i>Merica</i> (Neogastropoda: Cancellariidae) from South Africa and the Philippines. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 114(4): 142–148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271814
page(s): 142. [details]
additional source Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
subsequent type designation Cossmann, M. (1899). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Troisième livraison. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 201 pp., 8 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36853285
page(s): 13. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
