Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Hydrobiidae Scientific name Pseudamnicola melitensis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Truncatelloidea Genus Mercuria Rank Species | |
Similar Alzoniella, Mercuria confusa, Hydrobia acuta, Pseudamnicola, Truncatellina callicratis | ||
Mercuria similis
Mercuria similis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
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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.
References
Mercuria similis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA