MolluscaBase taxon details
Mercuria Boeters, 1971
153668 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153668)
accepted
Genus
Amnicola confusa Frauenfeld, 1863 accepted as Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) (type by original designation)
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]
- Species Mercuria anatina (Poiret, 1801)
- Species Mercuria atlasica Mabrouki, Glöer & Taybi, 2021
- Species Mercuria baccinelliana Esu & Girotti, 2015 †
- Species Mercuria bakeri Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
- Species Mercuria balearica (Paladilhe, 1869)
- Species Mercuria balizacensis (Degrange-Touzin, 1892) †
- Species Mercuria baudoniana (Gassies, 1859)
- Species Mercuria boetersi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 †
- Species Mercuria bourguignati Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010
- Species Mercuria carrillorum J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
- Species Mercuria corsensis Boeters & Falkner, 2017
- Species Mercuria egarensis J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
- Species Mercuria emiliana (Paladilhe, 1869)
- Species Mercuria felixi J. P. Miller, García-Guerrero & M. A. Ramos, 2023
- Species Mercuria gauthieri Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010
- Species Mercuria glaberrima (O. Boettger, 1875) †
- Species Mercuria globulina (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
- Species Mercuria halouii Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022
- Species Mercuria lithoglyphoides (Girotti, 1972) †
- Species Mercuria lupiaensis J. P. Miller & Delicado, 2023
- Species Mercuria maceana (Paladilhe, 1869)
- Species Mercuria melitensis (Paladilhe, 1869)
- Species Mercuria midarensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
- Species Mercuria nadorensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022
- Species Mercuria punica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
- Species Mercuria pycnocheilia (Bourguignat, 1862)
- Species Mercuria rolani Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
- Species Mercuria saharica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
- Species Mercuria sarahae (Paladilhe, 1869)
- Species Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Species Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
- Species Mercuria targouasensis Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
- Species Mercuria tensiftensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018
- Species Mercuria tingitana Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015
- Species Mercuria vanparysi Marquet, Lenaerts, Karnekamp & R. Smith, 2008 †
- Species Mercuria veronicae J. P. Miller, Khalloufi & Delicado, 2023
- Species Mercuria zopissa (Paulucci, 1882)
- Species Mercuria confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863) accepted as Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Species Mercuria edmundi Boeters, 1986 accepted as Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865) (junior synonym)
- Species Mercuria helicella (A. Braun, 1851) † accepted as Bania helicella (A. Braun, 1851) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mercuria letourneuxiana (Bourguignat, 1862) accepted as Pseudamnicola letourneuxianus (Bourguignat, 1862) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826) accepted as Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercuria vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870) accepted as Mercuria sarahae vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870)
- Species Mercuria bayonnensis (Locard, 1894) (uncertain)
- Species Mercuria kobelti (Westerlund, 1892) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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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 2025-03-15
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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]
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
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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
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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

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
