MolluscaBase - Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

WoRMS name details

Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

AphiaID

944566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944566)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original rank)

Accepted Name

Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Cancellaria melanostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 accepted as Merica melanostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Direct children (6)

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Species Cancellaria (Merica) corbicula Dall, 1908 accepted as Gerdiella corbicula (Dall, 1908)
Species Cancellaria (Merica) fischeri A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Brocchinia fischeri (A. Adams, 1860) (basionym)
Species Cancellaria (Merica) jucunda Thiele, 1925 accepted as Mericella jucunda (Thiele, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cancellaria (Merica) microsoma Dall, 1908 accepted as Admete microsoma (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cancellaria (Merica) nassoides Schepman, 1911 accepted as Admetula garrardi Petit, 1974 (unaccepted > superseded combination, Invalid: junior homonym of Cancellaria nassoides Koenen, 1889; Admetula garrardi is a replacement name)
Species Cancellaria (Merica) paschalis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Mericella paschalis (Thiele, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cancellaria (Merica) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944566 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-20 18:55:25Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-21 10:16:24Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 277. [details]

Other

subsequent type designation Cossmann, M. (1899). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Troisième livraison. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 201 pp., 8 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36853285
page(s): 13. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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