Thiara

Thiara
Thiara cancellata shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Thiara Röding, 1798
Type species
Helix amarulaLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Amarula(Linnaeus, 1758) CerithomelaniaJ. Moore, 1899 (objective synonym of Thiara) Doryssa (Melania)Lamarck, 1799 MelacanthaSwainson, 1840 (objective synonym of Thiara) MelaneaLamarck, 1799 (incorrect subsequent spelling; junior objective synonym, with the same type species) MelaniaLamarck, 1799 Melania (Tiaropsis)Brot, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of TiaropsisL. Agassiz, 1850 [Cnidaria]) ThiaraBolten, 1798

Thiara is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae. ^[1]

Species

Thiara winteri , abapertural view

Species with accepted names within the genus Thiara include:

• † Thiara aldrichi Palmer, 1944
• Thiara amarula (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Africa, Australia, India ^[2]
• Thiara aspera (Lesson, 1831)
• Thiara australis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
• Thiara bellicosa (Hinds, 1844)
• Thiara cancellata P. F. Röding, 1798 - Indo-Pacific ^[2]
• Thiara epidromoides (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
• † Thiara fallax (Oostingh, 1935)
• Thiara herklotzi (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Thiara indefinita (I. & H. C. Lea, 1851) - Hawaiian Islands ^[2]
• Thiara jingorum Thach & F. Huber, 2021
• Thiara kauaiensis (W. H. Pease, 1870) - Hawaiian Islands ^[2]
• † Thiara martini (Oostingh, 1935)
• Thiara paludomoidea Nevill, 1884 - India ^[2] (unresolved name)
• Thiara prashadi Ray, 1947 - India ^[2]
• Thiara rudis I. Lea, 1850 - India ^{[2] [3]}
• † Thiara samarangana (K. Martin, 1884)
• Thiara setigera (Brot, 1870)
• Thiara verrauiana I. Lea, 1856 - Hawaiian Islands ^[2]
• Thiara winteri (von Dem Busch, 1842) - Indo-Pacific, spiky trumpet snail ^[2]

Synonyms

• Thiara amaruloideaIredale, 1943: synonym of Thiara amarula(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Thiara balonnensisT. A. Conrad, 1850 and Thiara lirataC. T. Menke, 1843 ^[2] are synonyms of Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)
• Thiara baldwini C. F. Ancey, 1899 - Hawaiian Islands: ^[2] synonym of Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
• † Thiara fiscinaYokoyama, 1932: synonym of † Semisulcospira fiscina (Yokoyama, 1932) (new combination)
• Thiara granifera(Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
• Thiara lineataGray, 1828 - India: ^[2] synonym of Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)
• Thiara punctata(J. B. Lamarck, 1822) - India: ^[2] synonym of Stenomelania punctata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Thiara riquetii(Grateloup, 1840): synonym of Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840)
• Thiara rodericensis(E. A. Smith, 1876): synonym of Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Thiara scabra(O. F. Müller, 1774) - Indo-Pacific: ^{[2] [4]} synonym of Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Thiara scabra lyriformisI. Lea, 1850 - Japan ^[2]
  • Thiara scabra pagodaI. Lea, 1850 - Japan ^[2]
  • Thiara scabra subplicatulaSmith, 1878 - Japan ^[2]
• Thiara speciosaA. Adams, 1854: ^[2] synonym of Thiara amarula (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
• Thiara torulosa(Bruguière, 1789) - India: ^[2] synonym of Stenomelania torulosa (Bruguière, 1789)
• Thiara tuberculata(O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Thiara vouamicaBourguignat, 1890: synonym of Thiara amarula(Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Thiara. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206444 on 2010-05-18
2. Shell-bearing Mollusca: Thiara Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. WMSD : Thiara rudis
4. Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ZooKeys 219: 11-61, doi : 10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 .

External links

• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Brot, A. (1871). Catalogue of the Recent species of the family Melanidae. American Journal of Conchology. 6(4): 271-325
• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). A conchological manual. 2nd Edition. 1–313, 2 folding tables, 26 pls. London: Henry G. Bohn
• Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275