Merula may refer to: People Lucius Cornelius Merula (consul 193 BC), Roman politician and general of the 2nd century BC Gnaeus Cornelius Merula, envoy to Cyprus, Crete and Asia Minor in the 2nd century BC Lucius Cornelius Merula (consul 87 BC), Roman senator and priest of Jupiter Georgius Merula, 15th-century Italian classical scholar Paulus Merula, 16th-century Dutch librarian and scholar Tarquinio Merula, Italian Baroque composer of the 17th century , a coastal tanker in service with Ape Azionaria Petroliere from 1949 to 1951 Zoology Turdus merula, the common blackbird Percnodaimon merula, a butterfly from New Zealand Dendrocincla merula, the white-chinned woodcreeper Geography Merula (creek), a tributary of the Ligurian Sea See also