Merica oblonga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Merica oblonga | |
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| Shell of Merica oblonga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Merica |
| Species: | M. oblonga
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| Binomial name | |
| Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ a b Merica oblonga (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- Verhecken A. (1997). Mollusca Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295–323
- Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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