Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson. 1938. Wheatland Formation and its relation to Early Tertiary andesites in the Sierra Nevada. Geological Society Of America Bulletin 49:931-956
Belongs to Thiara according to B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson 1938
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Melania longissima, Melania decussata, Melania hordacea, Melania schlotheimii, Melania strigillata, Melania inquinata, Melania abbreviata, Melania polita, Melania miikensis, Melania acutestriata, Melania herklotsi, Melania blainvillii, Melania dunkeri, Melania hunteri, Melania triticea, Melania formosa, Melania taylori, Melania concentrica, Melania vaderensis, Melania tenuiplica, Melania semiplicata, Melania buccinalis, Melania partschii, Melania fragilis, Melania texata, Melania multistriata, Melania nitida, Melania clavula, Melania claibornensis, Melania canicularis, Melania plicatula, Melania plicata, Melania marginata, Melania semistriata, Melania plieningeri, Melania tenuis, Melania dubia, Melania obovata, Melania alberti, Melania packardi, Melania bullia, Melania laevigata, Melania fettkei, Melania hoernesi
Type specimen: UCMP 11085. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland, which is in a Priabonian coastal conglomerate/sandstone in the Wheatland Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland
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