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