Mericella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Mericella
Mericella bozzettii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Mericella
Thiele, 1929
Type species
Cancellaria jucunda Thiele, 1925
Synonyms

Cancellaria (Mericella) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)

Species edit

Species within the genus Mericella include:

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
  • Verhecken A. (2020). New and poorly known species of Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. Gloria Maris. 59(2): 40–89.