Mieniplotia

Mieniplotia is a genus of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.[1]

Mieniplotia
Shell of Mieniplotia scabra (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Mieniplotia
Low & Tan, 2014
Type species
Buccinum scabrum O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms

Pseudoplotia Forcart, 1950 (not available: no description)

Species

Distribution

The holotype was found off the Philippines.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mieniplotia Low & Tan, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828966 on 2021-07-28
  • Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 - Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines, p. 1-160, 38 pls
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