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Merica asperella
Apertural view of a shell of Merica asperella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica
Species:	M. asperella
Binomial name
Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Cancellaria asperella Lamarck, 1822 Cancellaria grayi Tryon, 1885

Merica asperella, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2012)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. ^ Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2012.

• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8

External links

• "Merica asperella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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