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Thiarinae

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Thiarinae Morrison
1959Thiarinae Woodring p. 156
1989Thiarinae Vaught et al. p. 28
1995Thiarinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2017Thiarinae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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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
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954

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.

Subfm. †Thiarinae Morrison 1954
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G. Brotia Adams 1866
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†Brotia oppenoorthi Oostingh 1935
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†Brotia oppenoorthi exserta Oostingh 1935
G. †Coptostylus Sandberger 1872
G. Cornetia Munier-Chalmas 1885
G. Fijidoma Morrison 1952
G. Tarebia Adams and Adams 1854
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†Melanoides (Tarebia) fallax Oostingh 1935
Tarebia granifera Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Melanoides junghuhni Martin 1879 [synonym]
G. Thiara Röding 1798
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Subg. Thiara (Balanocochlis) Fischer 1885
Subg. Thiara (Plotia) Röding 1798
Subg. Thiara (Sermyla) Adams and Adams 1853
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Subg. Thiara (Setaeara) Morrison 1951
Thiara scabra Muller 1884
†Thiara smartsvillensis Clark and Anderson 1938
†Thiara tjemoroensis Martin 1905
†Thiara wheatlandensis Clark and Anderson 1938
Invalid names: Amarula Sowerby 1842 [synonym], Hydrognoma Gistl 1848 [synonym], Melania Lamarck 1800 [synonym], Melas Montfort 1810 [synonym], Spirilla Humphrey in Gray 1847 [synonym], Tiaropsis Brot 1871 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Holocene or 246.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 241.464 Ma

Collections (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Loxonema schlotheimii (206384)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Melania longissima, Melania obovata, Melania tenuis, Melania texata, Melania concentrica (137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Melania multistriata (206002)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Melania multistriata (202331)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Austria Melania multistriata (149435)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Melania multistriata (203207)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Melania cyclostoma, Melania turbinata, Melania unicingulata, Melania usta, Melania crassilabrata, Melania theodori, Melania abbreviata (53947)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Melania sp., Melania abbreviata (149756)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Japan Melanoides minima (116160 116161)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Brazil (Bahia) Melania terebriformis (51911)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Melania sp. (89191)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Melania whiteavsi (87518 87519)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Melania praelonga (220133)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Melania wyomingensis (87455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Melania sp. (220134)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Melania whiteavesi (87453)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Melanoides sp. (141185)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Melania penoti (186052)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Cornetia malaisei (22931)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24United Kingdom (England) Brotia melanioides (8083 8085)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Japan (Nagasaki) Melania miikensis (203223)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Japan (Chikugo) Melania miikensis (203132)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Melania sp. (64704)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Cornetia malaisei (27018 27019 27020)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Brazil Melania terebriformis (151586)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Türkiye Melanoides sp. (183891)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Algeria Melanoides sp. (71984)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Melanoides vidali (184204 184206)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Chikugo) Melania milkensis (203228)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Melanoides albigensis (39012 39015) Melanoides sp. (39011 39016)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Bulimus decussatus (184154) Melania canicularis, Melania nitida, Melania semistriata, Melania fragilis (184110) Melania dubia (184143) Melania hordacea (184108) Melania marginata (184107) Melania semiplicata, Melania nitida (184109)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Thiara sp. (16712)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Melanoides puruensis (70082)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Thiara calafi (191188)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Thiara aldrichi (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Baleares) Melanoides pachecoi (38814)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan Melanoides otatumei (70905)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Melania fettkei (139020) Melania packardi, Melania vaderensis, Melania fettkei (207129) Melanoides fettkei (52204)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand Melania sp. (67590)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) Tarebia indet. (169422)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Melania angulata, Melania fasciata, Melania muricata, Melania costata (39662) Melania costata (40423 40851) Melania excavata (40097 40292 40293 40295 40300) Melania fasciata (39674 39676 39704 39705 40270 40271 40770 40771) Melania inflata (40267) Melania muricata (40268 40379 40381 40382 40383 40384 40387 40388 40902 40914 40916 40922 40926 40929) Melania muricata, Melania turritissima (40913) Melania polygyra, Melania turritissima (39828) Melania sp. (40297 40378 40890 40893 40910) Melania turritissima (40377 40907 40917 40918) Melania turritissima, Melania forbseii (40905) Melania turritissima, Melania muricata (40911)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia Melania melaviensis (78563)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom Melania excavata (40299) Melania sp. (40772 40904)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Melania carinata, Melania subulaspira, Melania circineta (39643)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara wheatlandensis (205787)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Melanoides sp. (68895)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Melanoides fasciatus (111366 111367 111368 111371) Melanoides fasciatus, Tarebia acuta (111373)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Melanoides fasciata (37967 37978 37980)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia Melania samarangana (70092)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Melania herklotsi (81715 81716)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Melanoides tuberculata (38060)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Melanoides tuberculata (192070)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Brotia sp. (45598 45612)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Melanoides fragileplicata (70107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Philippines (Panay) Tarebia submadiunensis (41649)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Albacete) Melania sp. (41930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Melania semigranosa, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides woodwardi (70091) Melania sindangbaranensis (70098) Melanoides junghuhni (71661)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Melanoides indet. (22236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Melanoides curvicosta (172917 172924)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Melanoides curvicosta (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Melania gendinganensis, Melania sondeiana, Tarebia granifera, Melania woodwardi, Melania tjariangensis (45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Melania subfossilis, Melania sitoliensis (70123) Melanoides martini (70080) Melanoides tuberculata (84528) Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides fennemai, Melanoides flavida (84537) Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides junghuhni, Brotia oppenoorthi (84529) Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides tuberculata (84519) Sermyla tornatella (84543) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides fennemai, Melanoides junghuhni, Melanoides tjariangensis, Melanoides fallax, Melanoides preangerensis (84541) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides fennemai, Melanoides tjariangensis (84530) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides fennemai, Melanoides tjariangensis, Brotia oppenoorthi (84539) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides junghuhni (84531) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides junghuhni, Brotia oppenoorthi (84520 84533) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides tuberculata (84542) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides woodwardi, Melanoides junghuhni, Melanoides madiunensis, Melanoides tjariangensis, Melanoides fallax, Melanoides martini, Brotia oppenoorthi (84534) Thiara tjemoroensis, Melanoides woodwardi, Melanoides fennemai, Melanoides tjariangensis, Melanoides fallax (84540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Plotia balteata (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Melanoides anomala (22481)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Granada) Melanoides tuberculata (35254 35256)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) Tarebia submadiunensis (41664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Tarebia granifera (96669)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Melania sondeiana, Melania gendinganensis, Melanoides tuberculatus, Melania granifera, Melanoides woodwardi, Melanoides madiunensis, Melanoides tjariangensis, Sermyla tornatella (70084)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.58 - 2.58Greece Melania sp. (34607)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Tarebia submadiunensis (41651)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Thiaria scabra (78047)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Melanoides indet. (22272) Melanoides sp. (22276 22302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Melanoides tuberculata (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Thiara libertina (96943 96944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Melanoides tuberculata (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Melanoides tuberculata (194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Melanoides tuberculata (83303 83304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Melanoides tuberculata (208787)