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Mercuria Boeters, 1971

153668  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153668)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Hydrobiidae (Family)
  9. Mercuriinae (Subfamily)
  10. Mercuria (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Amnicola (Anatiniana) Fagot, 1892 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Anatiniana Bourguignat, 1881 [Unionidae]
Cyrniacana Fagot, 1892 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum vs...)  
declared nomen oblitum vs Mercuria nomen protectum
Similiana Fagot, 1892 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Similiana Fagot, 1891 [Chondrinidae]

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  1. Species Mercuria anatina (Poiret, 1801)
  2. Species Mercuria arethusae (Benoit, 1882)
  3. Species Mercuria atlasica Mabrouki, Glöer & Taybi, 2021
  4. Species Mercuria baccinelliana Esu & Girotti, 2015 †
  5. Species Mercuria bakeri Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
  6. Species Mercuria balearica (Paladilhe, 1869)
  7. Species Mercuria balizacensis (Degrange-Touzin, 1892) †
  8. Species Mercuria baudoniana (Gassies, 1859)
  9. Species Mercuria boetersi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 †
  10. Species Mercuria bourguignati Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010
  11. Species Mercuria carrillorum J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
  12. Species Mercuria cocchii (Benoit, 1882)
  13. Species Mercuria corsensis Boeters & Falkner, 2017
  14. Species Mercuria egarensis J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
  15. Species Mercuria emiliana (Paladilhe, 1869)
  16. Species Mercuria felixi J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
  17. Species Mercuria gauthieri Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010
  18. Species Mercuria glaberrima (O. Boettger, 1875) †
  19. Species Mercuria globulina (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
  20. Species Mercuria halouii Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022
  21. Species Mercuria lithoglyphoides (Girotti, 1972) †
  22. Species Mercuria lupiaensis J. P. Miller & Delicado, 2023
  23. Species Mercuria maceana (Paladilhe, 1869)
  24. Species Mercuria melitensis (Paladilhe, 1869)
  25. Species Mercuria midarensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
  26. Species Mercuria nadorensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022
  27. Species Mercuria punica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
  28. Species Mercuria pycnocheilia (Bourguignat, 1862)
  29. Species Mercuria rolani Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
  30. Species Mercuria saharica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
  31. Species Mercuria sarahae (Paladilhe, 1869)
  32. Species Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
  33. Species Mercuria tachoensis (von Frauenfeld, 1865)
  34. Species Mercuria targouasensis Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
  35. Species Mercuria tensiftensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
  36. Species Mercuria tingitana Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
  37. Species Mercuria vanparysi Marquet, Lenaerts, Karnekamp & R. Smith, 2008 †
  38. Species Mercuria veronicae J. P. Miller, Khalloufi & Delicado, 2023
  39. Species Mercuria zopissa (Paulucci, 1882)
  40. Species Mercuria bayonnensis (Locard, 1894) (uncertain)
  41. Species Mercuria kobelti (Westerlund, 1892) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863) accepted as Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Mercuria edmundi Boeters, 1986 accepted as Mercuria tachoensis (von Frauenfeld, 1865) (junior synonym)
  44. Species Mercuria helicella (A. Braun, 1851) † accepted as Bania helicella (A. Braun, 1851) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Mercuria letourneuxiana (Bourguignat, 1862) accepted as Pseudamnicola letourneuxianus (Bourguignat, 1862) (unaccepted combination)
  46. Species Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826) accepted as Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Mercuria vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870) accepted as Mercuria sarahae vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Boeters, H. D. (1971). <i>Pseudamnicola</i> Paulucci, 1878 und <i>Mercuria</i> n. gen. (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 101(1/4): 175–181. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mercuria Boeters, 1971. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153668 on 2026-06-07
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2005-04-15 07:47:28Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-10-19 18:39:08Z
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Gofas, Serge
2016-04-26 02:42:15Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-06-23 08:52:56Z
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Bank, Ruud
2017-07-17 03:18:53Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-02 08:09:11Z
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Bank, Ruud
2018-10-12 08:16:27Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Boeters, H. D. (1971). <i>Pseudamnicola</i> Paulucci, 1878 und <i>Mercuria</i> n. gen. (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 101(1/4): 175–181. [details] 

original description (of Amnicola (Anatiniana) Fagot, 1892) Fagot, P. (1890-1894). Histoire malacologique des Pyrénées Françaises et Espagnoles. <em>Bulletin de la Société Ramond.</em> 25 (3): 131-158 (July 1890); 25 (4): 215-244 (October 1890); 26 (1): 1-28 (January 1891); 26 (2): 129-143 (April 1891); 26 (3): 215-233 (July 1891); 26 (4): 277-296 (October 1891); 27 (1): 23-41 (January 1892); 28 (2/3): 169-184 (July 1893); 28 (4): 247-262 (October 1893); 29 (1/3): 118-138 (July1894). Bagnères-de-Bigorre. [Prèmiere partie = 1890-1892; Deuxième partie = 1893-1894]., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6535743z/f2.item
page(s): 27(1): 24 [details] 

basis of record Glöer, P.; Boeters, H. D. & Walther, F. (2015). Species of the genus <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae) from the European Mediterranean region, Morocco and Madeira, with descriptions of new species. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 23 (4): 279-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.023.024 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Miller, J. P.; Delicado, D.; García-Guerrero, F.; Ramos, M. A. (2022). Recurrent founder-event speciation across the Mediterranean likely shaped the species diversity and geographic distribution of the freshwater snail genus <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 173: 107524., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107524 [details] 

additional source Miller, J. P.; Delicado, D.; García-Guerrero, F.; Khalloufi, N.; Ramos, M. A. (2023). Morphology and taxonomic assessment of eight genetic clades of <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae), with the description of five new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 866: 1-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.866.2107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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