WoRMS taxon details
Thiaridae T. Gill, 1871 (1823)
196287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196287)
accepted
Family
Thiara Röding, 1798 (type by original designation)
Juramelanatriidae Bandel, 2006 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melaniidae Children, 1823 · unaccepted
Melanoididae Ihering, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoidinae Ihering, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyrguliferidae Delpey, 1941 † · unaccepted > unavailable name
- Subfamily Thiarinae T. Gill, 1871 (1823)
- Genus Vanesia A. Adams, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
recent + fossil
(of Thiarinae T. Gill, 1871 (1823)) Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 8; note: original spelling Tiarinae. [details]
page(s): 8; note: original spelling Tiarinae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae T. Gill, 1871 (1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196287 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melaniidae Children, 1823) Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865
page(s): 15: 243 [details]
original description (of Melanoididae Ihering, 1909) Ihering, H. von. (1909). Les mélaniidés américains. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(4): 289-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393468
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Thiarinae T. Gill, 1871 (1823)) Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 8; note: original spelling Tiarinae. [details]
original description (of Juramelanatriidae Bandel, 2006 †) Bandel, K. (2006). Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology – including the description of new taxa. <em>Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (14), Freiberger Forschungshefte.</em> C 511: 59-137.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pyrguliferidae Delpey, 1941 †) Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.
page(s): pl. 18 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 15: 243 [details]
original description (of Melanoididae Ihering, 1909) Ihering, H. von. (1909). Les mélaniidés américains. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(4): 289-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393468
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Thiarinae T. Gill, 1871 (1823)) Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 8; note: original spelling Tiarinae. [details]
original description (of Juramelanatriidae Bandel, 2006 †) Bandel, K. (2006). Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology – including the description of new taxa. <em>Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (14), Freiberger Forschungshefte.</em> C 511: 59-137.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pyrguliferidae Delpey, 1941 †) Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.
page(s): pl. 18 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Glaubrecht M. & Neiber M.T. (2019). Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Pp. 86-89, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
