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