Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128
Belongs to Melania according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Thiara (Balanocochlis), Thiara (Plotia), Thiara (Sermyla), Thiara (Setaeara), Thiara scabra, Thiara smartsvillensis, Thiara tjemoroensis, Thiara wheatlandensis, Melania packardi, Melania plicatula, Melania multistriata, Melania blainvillii, Melania schlotheimii, Melania longissima, Melania triticea, Melania obovata, Melania strigillata, Melania texata, Melania hoernesi, Melania plieningeri, Melania partschii, Melania claibornensis, Melania marginata, Melania semiplicata, Melania tenuiplica, Melania hunteri, Melania nitida, Melania clavula, Melania polita, Melania herklotsi, Melania formosa, Melania taylori, Melania hordacea, Melania acutestriata, Melania plicata, Melania dunkeri, Melania abbreviata, Melania inquinata, Melania laevigata, Melania semistriata, Melania alberti, Melania vaderensis, Melania concentrica, Melania fettkei, Melania bullia, Melania decussata, Melania canicularis, Melania buccinalis, Melania fragilis, Melania tenuis, Melania dubia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleogene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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