Merica aqualica

Merica aqualica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Merica
Species: M. aqualica
Binomial name
Merica aqualica
(Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria aqualica Petit & Harasewych, 1986 (original combination)
  • Merica (Merica) aqualica (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)

Merica aqualica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

Size is 15 – 50 mm.[2]

Distribution

It can be found in the waters around the Philippines.[2]

References


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