''Thiara'' is a

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of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod

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s in the subfamily Thiarinae of the

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Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Ac ...

Species

Species with accepted names within the genus ''Thiara'' include: * † '' Thiara aldrichi'' Palmer, 1944 * '' Thiara amarula'' (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Africa, Australia, IndiaShell-bearing Mollusca: Thiara
* '' Thiara aspera'' (Lesson, 1831) * '' Thiara australis'' (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) * '' Thiara bellicosa'' (Hinds, 1844) * '' Thiara cancellata'' P. F. Röding, 1798 - Indo-Pacific * '' Thiara epidromoides'' (Tapparone Canefri, 1883) * † '' Thiara fallax'' (Oostingh, 1935) * ''

Thiara herklotzi ''Thiara'' is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family (biology), family Thiaridae. Species Species with accepted names within the genus ''Thiara'' include: * † ''Thiara ...

'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) *'' Thiara indefinita'' (I. & H. C. Lea, 1851) - Hawaiian Islands * '' Thiara jingorum'' Thach & F. Huber, 2021 * '' Thiara kauaiensis'' (W. H. Pease, 1870) - Hawaiian Islands * † '' Thiara martini'' (Oostingh, 1935) * '' Thiara paludomoidea'' Nevill, 1884 - India (unresolved name) * '' Thiara prashadi'' Ray, 1947 - India * '' Thiara rudis'' I. Lea, 1850 - India WMSD : Thiara rudis
/ref> * † '' Thiara samarangana'' (K. Martin, 1884) * '' Thiara setigera'' (Brot, 1870) *'' Thiara verrauiana'' I. Lea, 1856 - Hawaiian Islands * '' Thiara winteri'' (von Dem Busch, 1842) - Indo-Pacific, spiky trumpet snail ;Synonyms: * ''Thiara amaruloidea'' Iredale, 1943: synonym of ''Thiara amarula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Thiara balonnensis'' T. A. Conrad, 1850 and ''Thiara lirata'' C. T. Menke, 1843 are synonyms of '' Plotiopsis balonnensis'' (Conrad, 1850) *'' Thiara baldwini'' C. F. Ancey, 1899 - Hawaiian Islands: synonym of ''

Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym) * † ''Thiara fiscina'' Yokoyama, 1932: synonym of † '' Semisulcospira fiscina'' (Yokoyama, 1932) (new combination) * ''Thiara granifera'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''

Tarebia granifera ''Tarebia granifera'', common name (in the aquarium industry) the quilted melania, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tarebia gr ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * ''Thiara lineata'' Gray, 1828 - India: synonym of ''

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Thiara punctata'' (J. B. Lamarck, 1822) - India: synonym of '' Stenomelania punctata'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Thiara riquetii'' (Grateloup, 1840): synonym of '' Sermyla riquetii'' (Grateloup, 1840) * ''Thiara rodericensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1876): synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Thiara scabra'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Indo-Pacific:Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ''

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'' 219: 11-61, . synonym of ''

Mieniplotia scabra ''Mieniplotia'' is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Thiaridae. It is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does no ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) ** ''Thiara scabra lyriformis'' I. Lea, 1850 - Japan ** ''Thiara scabra pagoda'' I. Lea, 1850 - Japan ** ''Thiara scabra subplicatula'' Smith, 1878 - Japan * ''Thiara speciosa'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of '' Thiara amarula'' (C. Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Thiara torulosa'' (Bruguière, 1789) - India: synonym of '' Stenomelania torulosa'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Thiara tuberculata'' (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Thiara vouamica'' Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of ''Thiara amarula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)

References

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
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