Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1825. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 81-146
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 concentrica, Melania abbreviata, Melania longissima, Melania dubia, Melania laevigata, Melania inquinata, Melania bullia, Melania partschii, Melania clavula, Melania tenuiplica, Melania semistriata, Melania multistriata, Melania tenuis, Melania buccinalis, Melania vaderensis, Melania hunteri, Melania marginata, Melania plicatula, Melania packardi, Melania formosa, Melania alberti, Melania hoernesi, Melania plicata, Melania triticea, Melania acutestriata, Melania semiplicata, Melania claibornensis, Melania fettkei, Melania taylori, Melania schlotheimii, Melania nitida, Melania texata, Melania decussata, Melania miikensis, Melania herklotsi, Melania hordacea, Melania fragilis, Melania strigillata, Melania blainvillii, Melania canicularis, Melania plieningeri, Melania dunkeri, Melania obovata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melania polita in the database
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