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Tarebia

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Tarebia
shell of Tarebia granifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Thiaridae
Subfamily: Thiarinae
Genus: Tarebia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[1]
Type species
Melania granifera Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms[2]
  • Melania (Tarebia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Melanoides (Tarebia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (Tarebia is a recent genus from the Far East)
  • Thiara (Tarebia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Vibex (Tarebia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original combination)

Tarebia is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Tarebia include:

Synonyms
  • Tarebia obliquegranosa (E.A. Smith, 1878): synonym of Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816) (a junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ Adams H. & Adams A. (1854). Gen. Rec. Moll. 1: 304.
  2. ^ a b Tarebia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
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