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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

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

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