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Mercuria saharica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
874571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874571)
accepted
Species
Amnicola saharica A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted (original combination)
Amnicola subscalaris A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Amnicola saharica A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Note Algeria, in many localities
Type locality Algeria, in many localities [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercuria saharica (A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874571 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Amnicola saharica A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Amnicola subscalaris A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Amnicola bythinopsis A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1870) Letourneux, A. (1870). Excursions malacologiques en Kabylie et dans le Tell Oriental. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 1 (3): 258-320, pl. 6 figs. 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16253287 [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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basis of record Glöer, P.; Bouzid, S. & Boeters, H. D. (2010). Revision of the genera <i>Pseudamnicola</i> Paulucci 1878 and <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters 1971 from Algeria with particular emphasis on museum collections (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 139(1): 1-22., available online at http://www.malaco.de/Sonderdrucke/Gloeer_Bouzid_Boeters.pdf [details]
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]
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Amnicola subscalaris A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Amnicola bythinopsis A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1870) Letourneux, A. (1870). Excursions malacologiques en Kabylie et dans le Tell Oriental. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 1 (3): 258-320, pl. 6 figs. 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16253287 [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
[request]basis of record Glöer, P.; Bouzid, S. & Boeters, H. D. (2010). Revision of the genera <i>Pseudamnicola</i> Paulucci 1878 and <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters 1971 from Algeria with particular emphasis on museum collections (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 139(1): 1-22., available online at http://www.malaco.de/Sonderdrucke/Gloeer_Bouzid_Boeters.pdf [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Algeria, in many localities [details]
