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 A. Klipstein 1843

See also Münster 1841

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

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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