MolluscaBase taxon details
Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
874539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874539)
accepted
Species
Amnicola compacta Paladilhe, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amnicola confusa von Frauenfeld, 1863 · unaccepted
Bithynia meridionalis Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Cyclostoma simile Draparnaud, 1805 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paludina cerulea Massot, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudamnicola confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863) · unaccepted
Pseudamnicola similis (Draparnaud, 1805) · unaccepted
(of Cyclostoma simile Draparnaud, 1805) Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata. [< 22 September]. Paris (Levrault & Schoell)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682088
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Note “Gallia meridionalis” [South France]
Type locality “Gallia meridionalis” [South France] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874539 on 2026-05-02
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(of Cyclostoma simile Draparnaud, 1805) Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata. [< 22 September]. Paris (Levrault & Schoell)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682088
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Amnicola confusa von Frauenfeld, 1863) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1863). Vorläufige Aufzählung der Arten der Gattungen <i>Hydrobia</i> Htm. und <i>Amnicola</i> Gld. Hldm. in der kaiserlichen und in Cuming's Sammlung. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 13, Abhandlungen: 1017-1032. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54758154
page(s): 1029 [details]
original description (of Bithynia meridionalis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Paludina cerulea Massot, 1872) Massot P. (1872). Enumération des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Pyrénées-Orientales. <em>Bulletin de la Société Agricole, Scientifique et Littéraire des Pyrénées-Orientales.</em> 19: 33-138 [offprint: 1-116]., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k441235k/f33.item
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Amnicola compacta Paladilhe, 1869) Paladilhe, A. (1869). Descriptions de quelques Paludinidées, Assiminidées et Mélanidées nouvelles. [Reissued as part VII with some small modifications in the text and supplemented with “Note additionelle et errata” and a “Table” for the completed work in fasc. 4 (1869: 101-144, pls 5-6) of <i>Nouvelles miscellanées malacologiques</i> (1866-1869), Savy, Paris.]. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 21(6): 225-237 [June]; 21(7): 273-284 [July]; 21(8): 316-325 [August]; 21(10): 379-383, pls 19-20 [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749249
page(s): 110, pl. 19 figs 14–15 [details]
basis of record Boeters, H. D. & Falkner, G. (2017). The genus <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 in France (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). West-European Hydrobiidae, Part 13. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (2): 227-261., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2017n2a4.pdf [details]
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 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
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redescription 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
page(s): 8-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Amnicola confusa von Frauenfeld, 1863) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1863). Vorläufige Aufzählung der Arten der Gattungen <i>Hydrobia</i> Htm. und <i>Amnicola</i> Gld. Hldm. in der kaiserlichen und in Cuming's Sammlung. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 13, Abhandlungen: 1017-1032. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54758154
page(s): 1029 [details]
original description (of Bithynia meridionalis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Paludina cerulea Massot, 1872) Massot P. (1872). Enumération des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Pyrénées-Orientales. <em>Bulletin de la Société Agricole, Scientifique et Littéraire des Pyrénées-Orientales.</em> 19: 33-138 [offprint: 1-116]., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k441235k/f33.item
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Amnicola compacta Paladilhe, 1869) Paladilhe, A. (1869). Descriptions de quelques Paludinidées, Assiminidées et Mélanidées nouvelles. [Reissued as part VII with some small modifications in the text and supplemented with “Note additionelle et errata” and a “Table” for the completed work in fasc. 4 (1869: 101-144, pls 5-6) of <i>Nouvelles miscellanées malacologiques</i> (1866-1869), Savy, Paris.]. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 21(6): 225-237 [June]; 21(7): 273-284 [July]; 21(8): 316-325 [August]; 21(10): 379-383, pls 19-20 [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749249
page(s): 110, pl. 19 figs 14–15 [details]
basis of record Boeters, H. D. & Falkner, G. (2017). The genus <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 in France (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). West-European Hydrobiidae, Part 13. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (2): 227-261., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2017n2a4.pdf [details]
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 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
[request]redescription 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
page(s): 8-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality “Gallia meridionalis” [South France] [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | getijdeslak [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pseudamnicola confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
To Conchology (Mercuria similis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mercuria similis)
To GenBank (217 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Mercuria similis (Draparnaud,1805) Portugal, Madeira, 2 km ENE of Machico)
To PESI (from synonym Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pseudamnicola confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
To Conchology (Mercuria similis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mercuria similis)
To GenBank (217 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Mercuria similis (Draparnaud,1805) Portugal, Madeira, 2 km ENE of Machico)
To PESI (from synonym Mercuria confusa (von Frauenfeld, 1863))
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