Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Alternative combination: Potamides fettkei
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80
Belongs to Melania according to M. A. Hanna 1927
See also Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania nitida, Melania buccinalis, Melania herklotsi, Melania taylori, Melania claibornensis, Melania triticea, Melania longissima, Melania plicata, Melania marginata, Melania semistriata, Melania bullia, Melania laevigata, Melania tenuis, Melania hordacea, Melania hunteri, Melania acutestriata, Melania decussata, Melania polita, Melania miikensis, Melania plicatula, Melania texata, Melania semiplicata, Melania vaderensis, Melania dunkeri, Melania concentrica, Melania dubia, Melania clavula, Melania partschii, Melania fragilis, Melania packardi, Melania tenuiplica, Melania blainvillii, Melania formosa, Melania strigillata, Melania obovata, Melania canicularis, Melania inquinata, Melania hoernesi, Melania alberti, Melania abbreviata, Melania schlotheimii, Melania multistriata, Melania plieningeri
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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