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