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 marginata, Melania concentrica, Melania inquinata, Melania obovata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania polita, Melania dunkeri, Melania vaderensis, Melania canicularis, Melania plieningeri, Melania semistriata, Melania plicata, Melania triticea, Melania texata, Melania multistriata, Melania miikensis, Melania alberti, Melania fettkei, Melania hoernesi, Melania decussata, Melania partschii, Melania laevigata, Melania schlotheimii, Melania longissima, Melania bullia, Melania dubia, Melania plicatula, Melania herklotsi, Melania buccinalis, Melania taylori, Melania tenuis, Melania clavula, Melania packardi, Melania semiplicata, Melania hunteri, Melania acutestriata, Melania nitida, Melania strigillata, Melania fragilis, Melania formosa, Melania hordacea, Melania claibornensis, Melania abbreviata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania blainvillii in the database
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