Mercuria is a genus of small brackish water snails or freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.[3]

Mercuria
Shell of Mercuria bourguignati (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Subfamily: Mercuriinae
Boeters & Falkner, 2017
Genus: Mercuria
Boeters, 1971[1]
Type species
Amnicola confusa
Frauenfeld, 1863
Synonyms[2]
  • Anatiniana Fagot, 1892 (invalid: junior homonym of Anatiniana Bourguignat, 1881 [Unionidae])
  • Cyrniacana Fagot, 1892 (declared nomen oblitum vs Mercuria nomen protectum)
  • Similiana Fagot, 1892 (invalid: junior homonym of Similiana Fagot, 1891 [Chondrinidae])

Species

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Species within the genus Mercuria include:[4]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Mercuria confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863):[8] synonym of Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Mercuria edmundi Boeters, 1986: synonym of Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865) (junior synonym)
  • Mercuria emiliana (Paladilhe, 1869): synonym of Pseudamnicola emilianus (Paladilhe, 1869) [9]
  • Mercuria perforata (Bourguignat, 1862) : synonym of Pseudamnicola dupotetiana (Forbes, 1838)
  • Mercuria vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870): synonym of Mercuria sarahae vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870)

References

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  1. ^ Boeters, H. D. (1971). Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 und Mercuria n. gen. (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 101: 177.
  2. ^ "Mercuria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  4. ^ "Taxon Details: Mercuria Boeters 1971". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b Glöer P., Bouzid S. & Boeters H. D. (2010). "Revision of the genera Pseudamnicola Paulucci 1878 and Mercuria Boeters 1971 from Algeria with particular emphasis on museum collections (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 1-22. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/001-022.
  6. ^ Van Damme, D. & Ghamizi, M. 2010. Mercuria letourneuxiana (Bourguignat, 1862). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184749A8326304.en
  7. ^ Chlyeh G., Dodet M., Delay B., Khallaayoune K. & Jarne P. (2006). "Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Freshwater Snail Species in Relation to Migration and Environmental Factors in an Irrigated Area from Morocco". Hydrobiologia 553(1): 129-142. doi:10.1007/s10750-005-0968-9.
  8. ^ Gofas, S. (2022). "Mercuria confusa". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Mercuria emiliana". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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