Mercuria similis
| 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) | |
Mercuria similis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]
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 2 3 Cianfanelli, S., Prie, V., Bodon, M., Giusti, F. & Manganelli, G. (2010). "Mercuria similis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- 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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