Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Alternative spelling: Balanocochlis
Parent taxon: Thiara according to K. C.. Vaught et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania schlotheimii, Melania plicata, Melania tenuis, Melania dubia, Melania longissima, Melania hoernesi, Melania plicatula, Melania acutestriata, Melania decussata, Melania hunteri, Melania alberti, Melania dunkeri, Melania inquinata, Melania formosa, Melania blainvillii, Melania herklotsi, Melania partschii, Melania claibornensis, Melania vaderensis, Melania obovata, Melania concentrica, Melania semiplicata, Melania nitida, Melania bullia, Melania semistriata, Melania clavula, Melania taylori, Melania fettkei, Melania marginata, Melania multistriata, Melania laevigata, Melania abbreviata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania plieningeri, Melania packardi, Melania texata, Melania buccinalis, Melania fragilis, Melania polita, Melania miikensis, Melania triticea, Melania strigillata, Melania hordacea, Melania canicularis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thiara (Balanocochlis) in the database