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 · alternative representation
Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted
- Species Merica admirabilis Lozouet, 2019 †
- Species Merica aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
- Species Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
- Species Merica canaliculata (A. W. Janssen, 1972) †
- Species Merica crenata (M. Hörnes, 1856) †
- Species Merica deynzeri Petit & Harasewych, 2000
- Species Merica ektyphos Petit & Harasewych, 2000
- Species Merica elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)
- Species Merica estotiensis Lozouet, 2019 †
- Species Merica gerthi K. Martin, 1931 †
- Species Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
- Species Merica kobayashii (Yokoyama, 1927) †
- Species Merica krocki Z. Kovács & Vicián, 2016 †
- 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 mutabilis Lozouet, 2019 †
- Species Merica oblonga (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Merica obsoleta (M. Hörnes, 1856) †
- Species Merica petiti (Ladd, 1982) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Cancellaria petiti Olsson, 1967)
- 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 & H. Andrade, 1982)
- Species Merica succineiformis (Boettger, 1906) †
- Species Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
- Species Merica verbeeki (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975)
- Subgenus Merica (Gergovia) Cossmann, 1899 † accepted as Gergovia Cossmann, 1899 † (original rank)
- Species Merica asprella [sic] accepted as Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Merica fenestrata (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Contortia fenestrata (Eichwald, 1830) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Merica haweraensis Laws, 1940 † accepted as Scalptia haweraensis (Laws, 1940) † (superseded combination)
- Species Merica kaiparaensis Laws, 1939 † accepted as Scalptia kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) † (superseded combination)
- Species Merica macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Merica mioquadrata Sacco, 1894 † accepted as Perplicaria mioquadrata (Sacco, 1894) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Merica pukeuriensis Finlay, 1930 † accepted as Scalptia pukeuriensis (Finlay, 1930) †
- 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 (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 & H. Andrade, 1982) represented as Merica stuardoi (J. H. McLean & H. 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. (2024). 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 2024-09-19
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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
