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

Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyclostoma Draparnaud, 1801

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mercuria*	Boeters, 1971	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyclostoma similis*	Draparnaud, 1805	objective synonym
*Amnicola melitensis*	Paladilhe, 1869	subjective synonym
*Missing confusa*	Frauenfeld, 1863	subjective synonym
*Paludinella kobelti*	Westerlund, 1892	subjective synonym
*Pseudamnicola cocchii*	Kobelt, 1891	subjective synonym
*Amnicola confusa*	Frauenfeld, 1863	synonym
*Mercuria confusa*	(Frauenfeld, 1863)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: swollen spire snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Geschwollene Wasserdeckelschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Boeters, H. D. & Falkner, G. (2017). The genus Mercuria Boeters, 1971 in France (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). West-European Hydrobiidae, Part 13. Zoosystema. 39 (2): 227-261.
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	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.
redescription	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805). 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:874539

Ruud A. Bank. Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/20990427-ad81-43f3-912b-d3e011399210