Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Melania according to G. Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania hunteri, Melania obovata, Melania herklotsi, Melania vaderensis, Melania texata, Melania hoernesi, Melania concentrica, Melania polita, Melania formosa, Melania taylori, Melania marginata, Melania fragilis, Melania tenuiplica, Melania acutestriata, Melania abbreviata, Melania tenuis, Melania semiplicata, Melania miikensis, Melania buccinalis, Melania dunkeri, Melania claibornensis, Melania hordacea, Melania dubia, Melania plicatula, Melania plieningeri, Melania fettkei, Melania alberti, Melania laevigata, Melania schlotheimii, Melania nitida, Melania plicata, Melania clavula, Melania partschii, Melania triticea, Melania canicularis, Melania inquinata, Melania packardi, Melania strigillata, Melania semistriata, Melania bullia, Melania decussata, Melania blainvillii, Melania multistriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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