Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128
Belongs to Melania according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), 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 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
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleogene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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