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

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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