Thiara cancellata

Thiara cancellata
Thiara cancellata shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Thiara
Species:
T. cancellata
Binomial name
Thiara cancellata
Synonyms
  • Melania (Tiaropsis) setosa Swainson, 1824
  • Melania setosa Swainson, 1824 junior subjective synonym

Thiara cancellata is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 23.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thiara cancellata Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304942 on 2022-09-27
  2. ^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
  • Swainson, W. (1824). Description of two new and remarkable freshwater shells, Melania setosa and Unio gigas. The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, 17(33): 13-17
  • Starmühlner, F. (1976). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süßwasser-Gastropoden pazifischer Inseln. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Indopazifik- Expedition des 1. Zoologischen Institutes der. Universität Wien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien. 80: 473-656.
  • Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1958). Non-marine Mollusca of the island of Misool. Nova Guinea: A Journal of Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Geology and Palaeontology of the Papuan Region. 9 (1): 293–338.
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