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