Merica elegans, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| A collection of shells of Merica elegans (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Merica |
| Species: | M. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and Western Thailand; also off Australia (Queensland)
References edit
- ^ a b Merica elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- Sowerby, G.B. (1st) & Sowerby, J. (ill.) 1822. The genera of Recent and Fossil shells. London : Sowerby pts 2–13.
- Crosse, H. 1861. Etude sur le genre Cancellaire, suivie du catalogue des espèces vivantes et fossiles actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 220–256
- Löbbecke, T. 1881. Das genus Cancellaria. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (309): 1–16, pls 1–5
- Garrard, T.A. 1975. A revision of Australian Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 30: 1–62
- Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1–22, 259 figs
- Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls.
- Verhecken, A. 1986. The recent Cancellariidae of Indonesia (Neogastropoda, Cancellariacea). Gloria Maris 25(2): 29–66
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Verhecken A. 1997. Mollusca Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295-323-page(s): 307
External links edit
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- "Merica elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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