Biology:Mercuria confusa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Mercuria confusa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Genus: | Mercuria
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| Species: | M. confusa
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| Mercuria confusa Montague, 1803
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Pseudamnicola confusa | |
Mercuria confusa, common name the '"swollen spire snail", is a northern European species of small brackish water or freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species only tolerates very low salinities, and is perhaps better characterized as a freshwater snail.
Description
The 3–4 mm. high shell is fragile and translucent yellow-white in colour (but often coated with dark deposits). The animal is entirely and uniformly pale and has pale tentacles.Mercuria confusa has a proportionately larger body whorl than other hydrobiids.
Distribution
This species occurs on the coasts of:
- France
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Netherlands
References
- "Swollen Spire Snail Mercuria confusa". Species Action Plan for Sussex. Sussex Biodiversity Partnership. Archived from the original on 24 June 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060624114151/http://www.biodiversitysussex.org/swollenspiresnail.htm. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13769725 entry
pt:Hydrobia scamandri
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