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 hoernesi, Melania schlotheimii, Melania semistriata, Melania plieningeri, Melania triticea, Melania miikensis, Melania fragilis, Melania partschii, Melania plicatula, Melania alberti, Melania texata, Melania nitida, Melania decussata, Melania canicularis, Melania laevigata, Melania bullia, Melania vaderensis, Melania herklotsi, Melania fettkei, Melania blainvillii, Melania abbreviata, Melania hordacea, Melania dunkeri, Melania concentrica, Melania acutestriata, Melania tenuis, Melania claibornensis, Melania tenuiplica, Melania buccinalis, Melania dubia, Melania inquinata, Melania packardi, Melania formosa, Melania taylori, Melania hunteri, Melania semiplicata, Melania plicata, Melania longissima, Melania polita, Melania strigillata, Melania clavula, Melania multistriata, Melania marginata

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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