Thiara

Thiara
Thiara cancellata shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Thiara
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

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