Thiaridae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Thiaridae
Subfamiliae (1): Thiarinae

Genera Incertae sedis (3 + 15†): Longiverena – Vanesia – Verena – †Brotiopsis – †Coptostylus – †Cornetia – †Ellinoria – †Heynderycxia – †Juramelanatria – †Juramelanoides – †Melabrina – †Melanotarebia – †Pseudopyrgula – †Ptychomelania – †Sengoeria – †Sinomelania – †Tianjinospira – †Yoshimonia
Overview of genera (15 + 16†)

Balanocochlis – Culenmelania – Longiverena – Melanoides – Melasma – Mieniplotia – Neoradina – Plotiopsis – Ripalania – Sermyla – Stenomelania – Tarebia – Thiara – Vanesia – Verena – †Brotiopsis – †Coptostylus – †Cornetia – †Ellinoria – †Heynderycxia – †Juramelanatria – †Juramelanoides – †Kumania – †Melabrina – †Melanotarebia – †Pseudopyrgula – †Ptychomelania – †Sengoeria – †Sinomelania – †Tianjinospira – †Yoshimonia

Name

Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823)
Synonyms

Melaniidae Children, 1823
Melanoididae Ihering, 1909

References

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. BHL. Reference page.
Boonmekam, D., Krailas, D., Gimnich, F., Neiber, M.T. & Glaubrecht, M. 2019. A glimpse in the dark? A first phylogenetic approach in a widespread freshwater snail from tropical Asia and northern Australia (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95: 373–390. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.34486 Reference page.
Michel, E. 2004: Vinundu, a new genus of gastropod (Cerithioidea: ‘Thiaridae’) with two species from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, and its molecular phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 70 (1): 1–19. Abstract
Veeravechsuki, N., Krailas, D., Namchote, S., Wiggering, B., Neiber, M.T. & Glaubrecht, M. 2018. Molecular phylogeography and reproductive biology of the freshwater snail Tarebia granifera in Thailand and Timor (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae): morphological disparity versus genetic diversity. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 461–493. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.28981 Reference page.

Links

Thiaridae in the World Register of Marine Species

Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[7]
Taxonomy

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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]
Distribution

This family of snails is found worldwide, and are particularly diverse in the tropics and subtropics.[1]
Ecology

These snails are freshwater inhabitants of temperate and warm zones.[1]

Thiaridae are partly viviparous, partly ovoviviparous.[1] Many, but not all species are parthenogenetic.[10]
Genera

Genera in the family Thiaridae include:

Subfamily Thiarinae Gill, 1871 (1823)

Balanocochlis Fischer, 1885 [1]
Balanocochlis glandiformis
Balanocochlis glans
Culenmelania Z.-X. Qian, J. Yang, Y. Lu & J. He, 2012
† Kumania Ota, 1960
Melanoides Olivier, 1804[2][11]
Mieniplotia Low & Tan, 2014
Neoradina Brandt, 1974
† Pachymelania E. A. Smith, 1893:[11] synonym of † Pachychiloides Wenz, 1939 (junior homonym of Pachymelania E. A. Smith, 1893; Pachychiloides Wenz, 1939 is a replacement name)
Plotia Röding, 1798: synonym of Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
Plotiopsis Brot, 1874[12] - Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)
Ripalania Iredale, 1943
Sermyla Adams, 1854[2]
Stenomelania Fischer, 1885 [2]
Tarebia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[2]
Thiara Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Thiaridae,[11] synonym: Melania Lamarck, 1799

Not assigned to a subfamily

† Brotiopsis K. Suzuki, 1943
† Coptostylus F. Sandberger, 1872
† Cornetia Munier-Chalmas in Fischer et al., 1885
† Ellinoria Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Fijidoma Morrison, 1952
† Hannatoma Olsson, 1931
† Heynderycxia Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
† Juramelanatria Bandel, 1991
† Juramelanoides Bandel, 1991
Longiverena Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
† Melabrina Stache, 1880
† Melanotarebia Bandel & Kowalke, 1997[2]
† Pseudopyrgula Wenz, 1928
† Ptychomelania Sacco, 1895
† Sengoeria Harzhauser, Mandic, Büyükmeriç, Neubauer, Kadolsky & Landau, 2016
† Sinomelania Yen, 1936
† Siragimelania Suzuki, 1940
† Tianjinospira Youluo, 1978
Verena H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
† Yoshimonia Ota, 1960

References

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