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 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 vaderensis, Melania hunteri, Melania multistriata, Melania laevigata, Melania strigillata, Melania dubia, Melania canicularis, Melania tenuis, 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
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania formosa in the database
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