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 alberti, Melania obovata, Melania polita, Melania strigillata, Melania hoernesi, Melania schlotheimii, Melania hordacea, Melania abbreviata, Melania formosa, Melania multistriata, Melania decussata, Melania laevigata, Melania miikensis, Melania texata, Melania dubia, Melania inquinata, Melania tenuis, Melania blainvillii, Melania semistriata, Melania claibornensis, Melania triticea, Melania dunkeri, Melania concentrica, Melania longissima, Melania bullia, Melania canicularis, Melania fettkei, Melania vaderensis, Melania herklotsi, Melania clavula, Melania acutestriata, Melania packardi, Melania nitida, Melania plicatula, Melania plicata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania plieningeri, Melania marginata, Melania partschii, Melania buccinalis, Melania hunteri, Melania semiplicata, Melania taylori, Melania fragilis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
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