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(Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae) from the European Mediterranean region, Morocco and Madeira, with descriptions of new species
 
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Biodiversity Research Laboratory, Hetlingen, Germany
 
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Zoological Museum, Centre of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Germany
 
 
Submission date: 2015-07-27
 
 
Final revision date: 2015-10-03
 
 
Acceptance date: 2015-10-04
 
 
Publication date: 2015-11-19
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2015;23(4):279-291
 
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Anatomy and morphology of Mercuria species of the Mediterranean region and Madeira were examined. Four new species of Mercuria, M. rolani n. sp., M. tingitana n. sp., M. bakeri n. sp. and M. targuasensis n. sp., are described based on conchological and anatomical evidence. An identification key and a distribution map of Mercuria of the Mediterranean region and Madeira are also provided.
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