basis of recordPetit, 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, figs. 1-12., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271814 page(s): 142. [details]
additional sourceHemmen, 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 designationCossmann, M. (1899). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Troisième livraison. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 201 pp., 8 pls., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36853285 page(s): 13. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality