Mercuria (gastropod)

Mercuria
	Shell of Mercuria bourguignati (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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
Type species
	Amnicola confusa; Frauenfeld, 1863
Synonyms
	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]);

Short description: Genus of gastropods

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]

Species

Species within the genus Mercuria include:^[4]

Mercuria anatina (Poiret, 1801)
Mercuria atlasica Mabrouki, Glöer & Taybi, 2021
†Mercuria baccinelliana Esu & Girotti, 2015
Mercuria bakeri Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
Mercuria balearica (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria baudoniana (Gassies, 1859)
Mercuria bayonnensis (Locard, 1894)
†Mercuria boetersi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
Mercuria bourguignati Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010^[5]
Mercuria corsensis Boeters & Falkner, 2017
Mercuria gauthieri Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010^[5]
†Mercuria glaberrima (O. Boettger, 1875)
Mercuria globulina (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
†Mercuria helicella (F. Sandberger, 1858)
Mercuria letourneuxiana (Bourguignat, 1862) ^[6]
Mercuria maceana (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria melitensis (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826)
Mercuria midarensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
Mercuria punica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
Mercuria pycnocheilia (Bourguignat, 1862)
Mercuria rolani Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
Mercuria saharica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
Mercuria sarahae (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) ^[7]
Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Mercuria tensiftensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
Mercuria tingitana Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
†Mercuria vanparysi Marquet et al., 2008
Mercuria zopissa (Paulucci, 1882)

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

↑ Boeters, H. D. (1971). Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 und Mercuria n. gen. (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 101: 177.
↑ "Mercuria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153668.
↑ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN:0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
↑ "Taxon Details: Mercuria Boeters 1971". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=427128. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 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.
↑ 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
↑ 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.
↑ Gofas, S. (2022). "Mercuria confusa". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153887.
↑ "Mercuria emiliana". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=110848.

External links

"Mercuria Boeters, 1971". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/biodiversity/uk-biodiversity/uk-species/species/mercuria.html?lang=en.

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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. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153668.

[WoRMS-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. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=427128. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[Glöer_2010-5] 5.0 ^5.1 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

[Chlyeh_2006-7] 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. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153887.

[9] "Mercuria emiliana". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=110848.

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Mercuria

Shell of Mercuria bourguignati (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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])

Mercuria (gastropod)

Topic: Biology

Species

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