Merica purpuriformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574366 on 2022-07-14 References
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