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Merica elegans

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Merica elegans

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Cancellarioidea

Genus
  
Merica

Rank
  
Species

Merica elegans

Similar
  
Merica, Merica oblonga, Scalptia, Cancellaria cooperii, Trigonostoma

Merica elegans, common name the elegant nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and Western Thailand; also off Australia (Queensland)

References

Merica elegans Wikipedia


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