Thiara

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Thiara
Thiara cancellata 01.JPG
Thiara cancellata shell
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

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Species

Thiara winteri, abapertural view Thiara winteri 001.jpg
Thiara winteri , abapertural view

Species with accepted names within the genus Thiara include:

Synonyms

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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.