| Citation | Verhecken, A., 2020 New and poorly known species of Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. Gloria Maris 59(2):40-89. |
| Ref. | 129337 Verhecken, A., 2020 |
| Page | 48 |
| Named Used as Valid | Merica melanostoma |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, India (Tamil Nadu), Bay of Bengal, Thailand (Phuket), E Malaysia, S Madagascar, Somalia (off Mogadishu). Questionable in China, Japan, and Philippines. |