Thiara

Genus of gastropods

Thiara is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae.^[1]

Species

Thiara winteri, abapertural view

Species with accepted names within the genus Thiara include:

• † Thiara aldrichi Palmer, 1944
• Thiara amarula (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Africa, Australia, India^[2]
• Thiara aspera (Lesson, 1831)
• Thiara australis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
• Thiara bellicosa (Hinds, 1844)
• Thiara cancellata P. F. Röding, 1798 - Indo-Pacific^[2]
• Thiara epidromoides (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
• † Thiara fallax (Oostingh, 1935)
• Thiara herklotzi (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Thiara indefinita (I. & H. C. Lea, 1851) - Hawaiian Islands^[2]
• Thiara jingorum Thach & F. Huber, 2021
• Thiara kauaiensis (W. H. Pease, 1870) - Hawaiian Islands^[2]
• † Thiara martini (Oostingh, 1935)
• Thiara paludomoidea Nevill, 1884 - India^[2] (unresolved name)
• Thiara prashadi Ray, 1947 - India^[2]
• Thiara rudis I. Lea, 1850 - India^[2][3]
• † Thiara samarangana (K. Martin, 1884)
• Thiara setigera (Brot, 1870)
• Thiara verrauiana I. Lea, 1856 - Hawaiian Islands^[2]
• Thiara winteri (von Dem Busch, 1842) - Indo-Pacific, spiky trumpet snail^[2]

Synonyms

• Thiara amaruloidea Iredale, 1943: synonym of Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Thiara balonnensis T. A. Conrad, 1850 and Thiara lirata C. T. Menke, 1843^[2] are synonyms of Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)
• Thiara baldwini C. F. Ancey, 1899 - Hawaiian Islands:^[2] 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:^[2] synonym of Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)
• Thiara punctata (J. B. Lamarck, 1822) - India:^[2] 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:^[2][4] synonym of Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Thiara scabra lyriformis I. Lea, 1850 - Japan^[2]
  • Thiara scabra pagoda I. Lea, 1850 - Japan^[2]
  • Thiara scabra subplicatula Smith, 1878 - Japan^[2]
• Thiara speciosa A. Adams, 1854:^[2] synonym of Thiara amarula (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
• Thiara torulosa (Bruguière, 1789) - India:^[2] 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)

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. 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.

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