WoRMS taxon details
Moerchiinae Raven, 2025
1823658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1823658)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Microthyca A. Adams, 1863
- Genus Moerchia A. Adams, 1860
- Genus Liotropica Laseron, 1958 accepted as Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (synonym)
- Genus Microtheca [sic] accepted as Microthyca A. Adams, 1863 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Moerchiella Thiele, 1924 accepted as Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (Unnecessary substitute name for Moerchia A. Adams, April 1860, by Thiele believed to be preoccupied by "Albers, 1850" [in fact, Albers December 1860]; see also Moerchinella)
- Genus Moerchinella Thiele, 1931 accepted as Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (Nom. nov. pro Moerchiella Thiele, 1924, non G. Nevill, 1885, itself an unnecessary substitute name for Moerchia A. Adams, 1860)
- Genus Morchia [sic] accepted as Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Moerchiinae Raven, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823658 on 2026-03-23
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Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
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