Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128
Belongs to Melania according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania hunteri, Melania clavula, Melania hoernesi, Melania claibornensis, Melania alberti, Melania marginata, Melania obovata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania herklotsi, Melania decussata, Melania semiplicata, Melania dunkeri, Melania canicularis, Melania triticea, Melania formosa, Melania plicatula, Melania fragilis, Melania dubia, Melania abbreviata, Melania concentrica, Melania vaderensis, Melania texata, Melania blainvillii, Melania schlotheimii, Melania bullia, Melania fettkei, Melania strigillata, Melania longissima, Melania plieningeri, Melania nitida, Melania hordacea, Melania partschii, Melania polita, Melania inquinata, Melania multistriata, Melania tenuis, Melania packardi, Melania buccinalis, Melania laevigata, Melania semistriata, Melania acutestriata, Melania taylori, Melania plicata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleogene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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