Merica oblonga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Merica oblonga
Shell of Merica oblonga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
Species:
M. oblonga
Binomial name
Merica oblonga
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria bifasciata Deshayes, 1830
  • Cancellaria decussata Nyst, 1838 (non Sowerby, 1832)
  • Cancellaria oblonga G.B. Sowerby I, 1825

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Distribution

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References

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  • 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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