Mercuria similis

Mercuria similis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

Mercuria similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Mercuria
Species:
M. similis
Binomial name
Mercuria similis
(Draparnaud, 1805)

Description

The shell is short-conical and 3.90–4.50 mm high (Vic-la-Gardiole, Hérault), with a large oval aperture. The penis is long and slim, acute at its distal end, the penial appendix is broad and shorter than the penis which lies on the appendix.

Geographic distribution

This species is native to France, Italy, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.[1]

References
  1. Cianfanelli, S.; Prie, V.; Bodon, M.; Giusti, F. & Manganelli, G. (2010). "Mercuria similis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T155342A4778564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155342A4778564.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  • Peter Glöer, Hans D. Boeters, Frank Walther 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 11/2015; 23(4). DOI: 10.12657/folmal.023.024 online Description, images


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