Genus Thiara Röding, 1798
- Thiara Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [109].
Type species:
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Melania Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet de 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification de coquilles, comprenent une réaction appropiée de charactères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91 [May 1799] [75].
Type species:
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Melacantha Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [199 ***check page number; Bouchet cites, p. 341***] [junior objective synonym of Thiara, with the same type species].
Type species:
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Herrmannsen, 1847, Indicis). Type species:
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
THIARIDAE: Melania aculeus Lea, 1833
THIARIDAE: Melania canalis Lea, 1850
THIARIDAE: Melania costelloris Lea, 1850
THIARIDAE: Melania cybele Gould, 1847
THIARIDAE: Melania erosa Lesson, 1830
THIARIDAE: Melania juncea Lea, 1850
THIARIDAE: Melania lutosa Gould, 1847
as listed from Australia in Tate & Brazier (1882: 560) and Smith (1992)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Fiji
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1956. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. V. Critical revision of the Javanese freshwater gastropods. Treubia 23: 259-477 [386]
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 [212-213]
Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [207]
Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [77]
Tate, R. & Brazier, J. 1882. Check list of the fresh-water shells of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 552-569 [560]
Wenz, W. 1938. Gastropoda. Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia (Amphigastropoda u. Streptoneura). In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Band 6, Gastropoda. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Bd. 6(Teil 1) pp. 1–240. [Mar. 1938 to Nov. 1944] [712]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CAENOGASTROPODA | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard |
| 01-Jun-2021 | SORBEOCONCHA | 26-May-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | THIARIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED |