Moerchia Explained

Moerchia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Species

• Moerchia deformata Rubio & Rolán, 2014
• Moerchia intermedia (Thiele, 1925)
• Moerchia introspecta Hedley, 1907
• Moerchia morleti P. Fischer, 1877
• Moerchia obvoluta A. Adams, 1860
• Moerchia perforata Rubio & Rolán, 2014

Taxon inquirendum:

• Moerchia biplicata P. Fischer, 1877

References

• Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11(1): 47-74
• Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
• Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. Novapex. 15(3-4): 63-71

External links

• Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413
• Laseron, C. F. (1958). Liotiidae and allied molluscs from the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province. Records of the Australian Museum. 24: 165-182

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moerchia A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559939 on 2021-08-11