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Thiara
Taxonomy
Thiara was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.
It was assigned to Thiaridae by Oostingh (1935) and Ladd (1972); to Turritellidae by Ladd (1982); and to Thiarinae by Vaught et al. (1989).
It was assigned to Thiaridae by Oostingh (1935) and Ladd (1972); to Turritellidae by Ladd (1982); and to Thiarinae by Vaught et al. (1989).
Species
Melania abbreviata, Melania acutestriata, Melania alberti, Melania blainvillii, Melania buccinalis, Melania bullia, Melania canicularis, Melania claibornensis, Melania clavula, Melania concentrica, Melania decussata, Melania dubia, Melania dunkeri, Melania fettkei, Melania formosa, Melania fragilis, Melania herklotsi, Melania hoernesi, Melania hordacea, Melania hunteri, Melania inquinata, Melania laevigata, Melania longissima, Melania marginata, Melania miikensis, Melania multistriata, Melania nitida, Melania obovata, Melania packardi, Melania partschii, Melania plicata, Melania plicatula, Melania plieningeri, Melania polita, Melania schlotheimii, Melania semiplicata, Melania semistriata, Melania strigillata, Melania taylori, Melania tenuiplica, Melania tenuis, Melania texata, Melania triticea, Melania vaderensis, T. (Balanocochlis), T. (Plotia), T. (Sermyla), T. (Setaeara), T. scabra, T. smartsvillensis, T. tjemoroensis, T. wheatlandensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Thiara Röding |
| 1800 | Melania Lamarck |
| 1810 | Melas Montfort |
| 1821 | Melanea Sowerby p. 33 |
| 1842 | Amarula Sowerby |
| 1847 | Spirilla Humphrey in Gray |
| 1848 | Hydrognoma Gistl |
| 1871 | Tiaropsis Brot |
| 1928 | Melania Nagao p. 122 |
| 1935 | Thiara Oostingh p. 10 |
| 1972 | Thiara Ladd p. 20 |
| 1982 | Thiara Ladd p. 32 |
| 1989 | Thiara Vaught et al. p. 28 |
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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.
G. Thiara Röding 1798
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Subg. Thiara (Balanocochlis) Fischer 1885
Subg. Thiara (Plotia) Röding 1798
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
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 247.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Collections (111 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Loxonema schlotheimii (206384) | |
| Carnian | Austria | Melania multistriata (206002) | |
| Carnian | Austria (Tyrol) | Melania multistriata (202331) | |
| Julian | Italy | Melania longissima, Melania obovata, Melania tenuis, Melania texata, Melania concentrica (137429) | |
| Tuvalian | Austria | Melania multistriata (149435) | |
| Tuvalian | Austria (Tyrol) | Melania multistriata (203207) | |
| Angulata | France (Lorraine) | Melania turbinata, Melania cyclostoma, Melania theodori, Melania unicingulata, Melania usta, Melania crassilabrata, Melania abbreviata (53947) | |
| Angulata | Luxembourg | Melania sp., Melania abbreviata (149756) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Brazil (Bahia) | Melania terebriformis (51911) | |
| Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Melania sp. (89191) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Melania whiteavsi (87518 87519) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Melania praelonga (220133) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Melania sp. (220134) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Melania wyomingensis (87455) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Melania whiteavesi (87453) | |
| Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Melania penoti (186052) | |
| Paleogene | Japan (Nagasaki) | Melania miikensis (203223) | |
| Paleogene | Japan (Chikugo) | Melania miikensis (203132) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | Melania sp. (64704) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Chikugo) | Melania milkensis (203228) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil | Melania terebriformis (151586) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | T. sp. (16712) | |
| Lutetian | France | 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) | |
| Bartonian | New Zealand | Melania sp. (67590) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Melania fettkei (139020) Melania packardi, Melania vaderensis, Melania fettkei (207129) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | T. aldrichi (90600) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Melania carinata, Melania subulaspira, Melania circineta (39643) | |
| Priabonian | USA (California) | T. smartsvillensis, T. wheatlandensis (205787) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Indonesia | Melania melaviensis (78563) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United 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 Eocene | United Kingdom | Melania excavata (40299) Melania sp. (40772 40904) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia | Melania samarangana (70092) | |
| Miocene | Indonesia | Melania herklotsi (81715 81716) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Melania semigranosa (70091) Melania sindangbaranensis (70098) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Albacete) | Melania sp. (41930) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | Melania gendinganensis, Melania sondeiana (45344) | |
| Pliocene | India | Plotia balteata (77658) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Melania subfossilis, Melania sitoliensis (70123) Sermyla tornatella (84543) T. scabra (84535 84536 84537 84538) T. scabra, T. tjemoroensis (84534) T. tjemoroensis (84520 84530 84531 84533 84539 84540 84541 84542) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia | Melania sondeiana, Melania gendinganensis, Sermyla tornatella (70084) | |
| Pleistocene - Neogene | Greece | Melania sp. (34607) | |
| Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Thiaria scabra (78047) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | T. libertina (96943 96944) |