Biology:Merica boucheti

Short description: Species of gastropod

Merica boucheti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica
Species:	M. boucheti
Binomial name
Merica boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Synonyms
Cancellaria boucheti Petit & Harasewych, 1986 (original combination) Merica (Sydaphera) boucheti (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)

Merica boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines .

References

• Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G., 1986. New Philippines Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Cancellariacea), with notes on the fine structure and function of the Nematoglossan radula. The Veliger 28(4): 436-443
• Verhecken A. (2011) The Cancellariidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 and Aurora 2007 deep sea cruises in the Philippines, with description of six new species (Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea). Vita Malacologica 9: 1–6

External links

• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8

Wikidata ☰ Q10744145 entry