Mercuria confusa

Mercuria confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Sorbeoconcha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Mercuria
Species:	M. confusa
Binomial name
Mercuria confusa Montague, 1803
Synonyms
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.

Distribution

This species occurs on the coasts of:

• The Netherlands
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• France

References

• In Britain, conservation: [1]

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