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Merica melanostoma westralis (Garrard, 1975) 
AphiaID: 465004

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cancellarioidea (Superfamily) > Cancellariidae (Family) > Merica (Genus) > Merica melanostoma (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Synonymised
taxa
  Cancellaria melanostoma westralis Garrard, 1975 (original combination)
Sources  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]

Environment marine
Image 
Merica melanostoma westralis
Merica melanostoma westralis
added on 2012-07-18 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465004
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2010-03-10 10:25:01Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2012-04-10 10:06:08Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Merica melanostoma westralis (Garrard, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465004 on 2013-05-25
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