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

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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