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CAAB Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 215013 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Merica purpuriformis    (Kiener, 1841)
CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae (nutmeg shells) - show full list
Common Name:	[a nutmeg shell]
Recent Synonyms:	Cancellaria (Sydaphera) purpuriformis Sydaphera purpuriformis
Organism Type:	a nutmeg shell
Identifiers:	World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574366    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-05-16 View at WoRMS    - also at OBIS (report and map of occurrences)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Regions:	Australia (inc. subantarctic territories)
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Record source:	Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.