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Melanoides

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melanoides was named by Olivier (1804). It is extant.

It was reranked as Thiara (Melanoides) by Clark (1938); it was reranked as Melania (Melanoides) by Glibert (1949).

It was assigned to Thiara by Clark (1938); to Melania by Glibert (1949); to Thiaridae by Olivier (1804), Oostingh (1935) and Ladd (1972); and to Thiarinae by Kase (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melanoides Olivier p. 69
1935Melanoides Oostingh p. 13
1938Thiara (Melanoides) Clark
1949Melania (Melanoides) Glibert p. 131
1972Melanoides Ladd p. 22
1984Melanoides Kase p. 124

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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
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804

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. Melanoides Olivier 1804
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†Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835
†Melanoides vidali Cossmann 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available