:Thiara

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Thiara_cancellata_01.JPG

|image_caption = Thiara cancellata shell

|taxon = Thiara

|authority = Röding, 1798

|type_species= Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758

|synonyms =

  • Amarula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cerithomelania J. Moore, 1899 (objective synonym of Thiara)
  • Doryssa (Melania) Lamarck, 1799
  • Melacantha Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym of Thiara)
  • Melanea Lamarck, 1799 (incorrect subsequent spelling; junior objective synonym, with the same type species)
  • Melania Lamarck, 1799
  • Melania (Tiaropsis) Brot, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Tiaropsis L. Agassiz, 1850 [Cnidaria])
  • Thiara Bolten, 1798

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

Species

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Species with accepted names within the genus Thiara include:

;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 (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 (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Thiara lineata Gray, 1828 - India: synonym of Tarebia granifera (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 Melanoides tuberculata (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". ZooKeys 219: 11-61, {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.219.3406}}. synonym of Mieniplotia scabra (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 Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)

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