Merica asperella
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| Apertural view of a shell of Merica asperella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Merica |
| Species: | M. asperella
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| Binomial name | |
| Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
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Merica asperella, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ^ a b Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2012.
External links
- "Merica asperella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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