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Mercuria confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863) 
AphiaID: 153887

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Truncatelloidea (Superfamily) > Hydrobiidae (Family) > Mercuria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mercuria Boeters, 1971
Synonymised
taxa		  Pseudamnicola confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863)
Sources  basis of record: de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Adam, W. (1940). Notes sur les Gastéropodes: 8. Sur la présence de Pseudamnicola confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863) en Belgique [Notes on the Gastropods: 8. On the presence of Pseudamnicola confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863) in Belgium]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 16(12): 1-7 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch getijdeslak  [details]
Environment fresh
Distribution Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
UK (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
Image 
Mercuria confusa
Mercuria confusa
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153887
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-16 10:28:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-19 18:39:08Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Mercuria confusa (Frauenfeld, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153887 on 2013-05-25
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