Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Belongs to Melania according to G. P. Deshayes 1825
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania texata, Melania semiplicata, Melania packardi, Melania hordacea, Melania blainvillii, Melania semistriata, Melania miikensis, Melania dunkeri, Melania decussata, Melania canicularis, Melania concentrica, Melania tenuis, Melania strigillata, Melania schlotheimii, Melania buccinalis, Melania abbreviata, Melania marginata, Melania multistriata, Melania fragilis, Melania taylori, Melania tenuiplica, Melania plicata, Melania partschii, Melania hunteri, Melania acutestriata, Melania clavula, Melania hoernesi, Melania obovata, Melania triticea, Melania nitida, Melania dubia, Melania formosa, Melania plicatula, Melania alberti, Melania vaderensis, Melania bullia, Melania herklotsi, Melania fettkei, Melania polita, Melania plieningeri, Melania laevigata, Melania longissima, Melania claibornensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania inquinata in the database
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