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

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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