Marine Species Traits - Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)

WoRMS taxon details

Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863)

To NHMUK collection (Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3077357)

AphiaID

1459675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1459675)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863

Synonymised names

Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863 · unaccepted

Merica (Sydaphera) semperiana (Crosse, 1863) · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863) Crosse, H. (1863). Etude sur le genre Cancellaire, et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 11 (1): 58-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15338108
page(s): 65, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Merica semperiana (Crosse, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1459675 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-09-21 07:11:11Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863) Crosse, H. (1863). Etude sur le genre Cancellaire, et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 11 (1): 58-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15338108
page(s): 65, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863)
To NHMUK collection (Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3077357) (from synonym Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863)

From editor or global species database

To NHMUK collection (Cancellaria semperiana Crosse, 1863; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3077357)

Hosted externally, from synonym