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