Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Hydrobiidae > Subfamily Mercuriinae

Mercuria Boeters, 1971

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mercuria anatina (Poiret, 1801)
Mercuria balearica (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria baudoniana (Gassies, 1859)
Mercuria bayonnensis (Locard, 1894)
Mercuria edmundi Boeters, 1986
Mercuria emiliana (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria maceana (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria meridionalis (Risso, 1826)
Mercuria sarahae (Paladilhe, 1869)
Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Mercuria vindilica (Paladilhe, 1870)
Mercuria zopissa (Paulucci, 1882)

Literature

original description

Boeters, H. D. (1971). Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 und Mercuria n. gen. (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101(1/4): 175–181.

basis of record

Glöer, P.; Boeters, H. D. & Walther, F. (2015). Species of the genus Mercuria Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae) from the European Mediterranean region, Morocco and Madeira, with descriptions of new species. Folia Malacologica. 23 (4): 279-291.

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 Mercuria Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 173: 107524.

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 Mercuria Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae), with the description of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 866: 1-63.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercuria Boeters, 1971. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153668

Ruud A. Bank. Mercuria Boeters, 1971. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c2bac67c-b628-40e3-982e-408d96e78f2c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153668
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:427128

Last modified

2018-10-12 by Ruud A. Bank & by Philippe Bouchet

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