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