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 . Retrieved 30 May 2022 .
^ 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 . Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 . Retrieved 30 May 2022 .
^ "Mercuria emiliana " . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) .
External links
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