Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Alternative spelling: Plotia
Parent taxon: Thiara according to K. C.. Vaught et al. 1989
See also Ladd 1982
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania inquinata, Melania acutestriata, Melania buccinalis, Melania bullia, Melania nitida, Melania hunteri, Melania claibornensis, Melania packardi, Melania texata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania dunkeri, Melania dubia, Melania strigillata, Melania canicularis, Melania miikensis, Melania marginata, Melania obovata, Melania herklotsi, Melania alberti, Melania concentrica, Melania plieningeri, Melania semistriata, Melania taylori, Melania fettkei, Melania schlotheimii, Melania triticea, Melania polita, Melania plicata, Melania blainvillii, Melania longissima, Melania fragilis, Melania laevigata, Melania plicatula, Melania multistriata, Melania vaderensis, Melania partschii, Melania decussata, Melania abbreviata, Melania hoernesi, Melania formosa, Melania semiplicata, Melania clavula, Melania hordacea, Melania tenuis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
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