original description
Paladilhe, A. (1869). Descriptions de quelques Paludinidées, Assiminidées et Mélanidées nouvelles. [Reissued as part VII with some small modifications in the text and supplemented with “Note additionelle et errata” and a “Table” for the completed work in fasc. 4 (1869: 101-144, pls 5-6) of <i>Nouvelles miscellanées malacologiques</i> (1866-1869), Savy, Paris.]. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 21(6): 225-237 [June]; 21(7): 273-284 [July]; 21(8): 316-325 [August]; 21(10): 379-383, pls 19-20 [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749249 [journal]
page(s): 229 [details]
source of synonymy
Miller, J. P.; Delicado, D.; García-Guerrero, F.; Khalloufi, N.; Ramos, M. A. (2023). Morphology and taxonomic assessment of eight genetic clades of <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae), with the description of five new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 866: 1-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.866.2107
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation
Boeters, H. D. & Falkner, G. (2017). The genus <i>Mercuria</i> Boeters, 1971 in France (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). West-European Hydrobiidae, Part 13. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (2): 227-261., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2017n2a4.pdf
note: neotype designation [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality France, around Balaruc (Hérault), around Salces (Pyrénées-Orientales), Vendrelle (Catalonia) and San Giuliano, near Genoa (Italy) [details]