Mercuria (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Mercuria

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

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.
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.
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
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.

## 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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