Merica asperella

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]

Merica asperella
Apertural view of a shell of Merica asperella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Merica
Species:	M. asperella
Binomial name
Merica asperella (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
Cancellaria asperella Lamarck, 1822 Cancellaria grayi Tryon, 1885

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.