Biology:Thiara amarula

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Thiara amarula
Thiara amarula (MNHN-IM-2012-27686) 002.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Thiara
Species:
T. amarula
Binomial name
Thiara amarula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Melania coacta Mörch, 1872 (junior synonym)
  • Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 (junior synonym)
  • Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912 ·
  • Melania speciosa A. Adams, 1853 (junior synonym)
  • Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822 (junior synonym)
  • Melania villosa Philippi, 1849 (junior synonym)
  • Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918 (preoccupied)
  • Thiara amaruloidea Iredale, 1943
  • Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym)

Thiara amarula is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Thiaridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 32 mm.

Distribution

The species is found in Malesia, coasts of Indian and Pacific Ocean.;[1] off Queensland, Australia

References

  • 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
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
  • Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia. 12: 339–378.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14487738 entry