Melania alberti Klipstein 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Full reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207

Belongs to Melania according to A. Klipstein 1843

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania alberti in the database

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