Plotiopsis

Plotiopsis
Plotiopsis balonnensis shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Plotiopsis
Brot, 1874
Species:
P. balonnensis
Binomial name
Plotiopsis balonnensis
(Conrad, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850 (original combination)
Melania incerta Brot, 1862
Melania lirata Menke, 1843 (primary homonym of Melania lirata Benson, 1843; Melania incerta is a replacement name)
Melania oncoides Tenison-Woods, 1878
Melania subsimilis E. A. Smith, 1882
Melania tatei Brazier, 1881
Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania tetrica Gould, 1847; Melania tatei is a replacement name)
Plotiopsis centralia Cotton, 1943
Plotiopsis flata Iredale, 1944
Plotiopsis sociana Iredale, 1944
Plotiopsis subornata Iredale, 1943
Plotiopsis thrascia Iredale, 1944
Thiara balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)

Plotiopsis balonnensis is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae. It is the only species in the genus Plotiopsis.[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Plotiopsis balonnensis include trematode Sychnocotyle kholo.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821622 on 2017-11-20
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Plotiopsis Brot, 1874". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  3. ^ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. hdl:11104/0249438. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.
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