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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Thiaridae

Higher classification
  
Neotaenioglossa

Superfamily
  
Phylum
  
Rank
  
Family

Thiaridae THIARIDAE Melanoides tuberculata BELGIUM ID922809 Shell

Lower classifications
  
Melanoides, Red‑rimmed melania, Tarebia granifera, Thiara, Melanoides turritispira

Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

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According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Thiaridae has no subfamilies.

Taxonomy

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Many species of freshwater snails that are characterized by a turreted shell were originally placed within the genus Melania Lamarck, 1799. This genus as delimited by authors of the late 19th and early 20th century contained hundreds of species, and was successively split into different groupings. Over time, infrageneric groups (subgenera) were elevated to the rank of independent genera and the genus Melania was elevated to the rank of a family, Melanidae.

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However, the genus name Melania Lamarck, 1799 was demonstrated to be a junior synonym of the genus name Thiara Röding, 1798. Consequently, the family had to be renamed Thiaridae. Moreover, the Melanidae as traditionally circumscribed were found to be polyphyletic, containing species from many different groups, which were successively recognized as distinct families, such as the Pachychilidae, Semisulcospiridae, Pleuroceridae, Melanopsidae, and Paludomidae. Therefore, the Thiaridae as currently circumscribed contain fewer species than the Melaniidae.

Distribution

This family of snails is found worldwide, and are particularly diverse in the tropics and subtropics.

Ecology

These snails are freshwater inhabitants of temperate and warm zones.

Thiaridae are partly viviparous, partly ovoviviparous. Many, but not all species are parthenogenetic.

Genera

Genera in the family Thiaridae include:

Thiaridae HomeNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM Mollusca Gastropoda

  • Aylacostoma Spix, 1827
  • Balanocochlis Fischer, 1885 [1]
  • Balanocochlis glandiformis
  • Balanocochlis glans
  • Hemisinus Swainson, 1840
  • Melanoides Olivier, 1804
  • Melanotarebia Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
  • Pachymelania E. A. Smith, 1893
  • Plotia Röding, 1798
  • Pyrgulifera Meek, 1877
  • Stenomelania Fischer, 1885 [2]
  • Sermyla Adams, 1854
  • Sermyla riquetii
  • Sermyla tornatella
  • Tarebia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Thiara Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Thiaridae, synonym: Melania Lamarck, 1799
  • References

    Thiaridae Wikipedia