Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Melania according to G. Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania plieningeri, Melania acutestriata, Melania buccinalis, Melania obovata, Melania nitida, Melania multistriata, Melania alberti, Melania hunteri, Melania polita, Melania fettkei, Melania concentrica, Melania semistriata, Melania herklotsi, Melania abbreviata, Melania marginata, Melania hoernesi, Melania clavula, Melania taylori, Melania fragilis, Melania dubia, Melania triticea, Melania texata, Melania tenuis, Melania schlotheimii, Melania bullia, Melania blainvillii, Melania strigillata, Melania packardi, Melania partschii, Melania vaderensis, Melania plicata, Melania canicularis, Melania miikensis, Melania laevigata, Melania semiplicata, Melania inquinata, Melania hordacea, Melania decussata, Melania plicatula, Melania tenuiplica, Melania dunkeri, Melania formosa, Melania claibornensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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