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

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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