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Thiara (Plotia)

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Plotia was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.

It was reranked as Thiara (Plotia) by Ladd (1982), Vaught et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Thiara by Ladd (1982), Vaught et al. (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Thiara (Plotia) Ladd p. 32
1989Thiara (Plotia) Vaught et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusThiaraRöding 1798
subgenusPlotia(Röding 1798)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Thiara (Plotia) Röding 1798
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Plotia balteata (77658)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Thiaria scabra (78047)