Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Belongs to Melania according to Munster 1844
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania inquinata, Melania marginata, Melania texata, Melania fragilis, Melania buccinalis, Melania hordacea, Melania semistriata, Melania plieningeri, Melania hoernesi, Melania tenuis, Melania semiplicata, Melania formosa, Melania alberti, Melania abbreviata, Melania plicata, Melania partschii, Melania tenuiplica, Melania packardi, Melania fettkei, Melania taylori, Melania claibornensis, Melania longissima, Melania canicularis, Melania decussata, Melania herklotsi, Melania miikensis, Melania dunkeri, Melania obovata, Melania plicatula, Melania schlotheimii, Melania strigillata, Melania dubia, Melania vaderensis, Melania bullia, Melania laevigata, Melania polita, Melania nitida, Melania hunteri, Melania triticea, Melania clavula, Melania multistriata, Melania acutestriata, Melania concentrica
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania blainvillii in the database
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