Merica gigantea
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Dekker, Henk
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574372 on 2026-08-27
created: 2011-06-21T22:29:29Z
modified: 2025-07-05T10:45:11Z
replaces: 387709
replaces: 574373
replaces: 464831
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Merica gigantea (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
class: Gastropoda
family: Cancellariidae
genus: Merica
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lee Y.-C. & Lan T.C. (2002) Two new bathyal cancellariids (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae) from Taiwan. Memoir, Malacological Society of Taiwan 2: 21-24. [April 2002]
name published in year: 2002
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 206301
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
specific epithet: gigantea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted