Mericella
Genus of molluscs
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Mericella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| Mericella | |
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| Mericella bozzettii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Mericella Thiele, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Cancellaria jucunda Thiele, 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cancellaria (Mericella) Thiele, 1929 (original rank) | |
Species
Species within the genus Mericella include:
- Mericella alvesi (Lima, Barros & Petit, 2007)
- Mericella bozzettii Petit & Harasewych, 1993[2]
- Mericella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)[3]
- Mericella paschalis (Thiele, 1925)[4]
- Mericella rosadoi Verhecken, 2020
- Mericella zhangsupingae S.-Q. Zhang & P. Wei, 2018
- Species brought into synonymy
- Mericella cingulata (Olsson & Bayer, 1972):[5] synonym of Gerdiella cingulata Olsson & Bayer, 1973
- Mericella corbicula (Dall, 1908):[6] synonym of Gerdiella corbicula (Dall, 1908)
- Mericella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1972:[7] synonym of Gerdiella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1973
- Mericella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1972:[8] synonym of Gerdiella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1973
