WoRMS taxon details
Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
AphiaID: 217192
AphiaID: 217192
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cancellarioidea (Superfamily) > Cancellariidae (Family) > Merica (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cancellaria melanostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (original combination) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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. http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf] [details] from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Merica melanostoma westralis (Garrard, 1975) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Up to 4 cm. Description as for family though shells are more globular, with rounded shoulders, deep sutures and a pointed apex. Surface covcered with fine nodules. Colour whitish-orange and cream. Habitat: deep water. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to G Oman. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217192 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
| |||||||||||||||||||
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217192 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |