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Tarebia granifera

(Lamarck, 1822)

Quilted Melania

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114878

Element CodeIMGASK1010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumMollusca

ClassGastropoda

OrderCaenogastropoda

FamilyThiaridae

GenusTarebia

Synonyms

Thiara granifera

Concept Reference

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Tarebia lateritia (Lea and Lea, 1851) is a likely synonym (Cowie 1997).

Conservation Status

Review Date2008-03-31

Change Date1999-09-14

Edition Date2008-03-31

Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Range Extent Comments

The type locality is Timor, Indonesia, but this species was introduced to the United States around 1935 and then the Greater Antilles and was found in Cuba for the first time in 1970 in the eastern provinces but has now spread all over the island as well as the Isle of Youth (Pointier et al., 2005).

Occurrences Comments

It is abundant in some springs and small streams in Florida (Thompson, 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species may colonize many types of habitats and may reach very high densities espeecially in rocky streams and artificial ponds and lakes (Pointier et al., 2005).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Hawaii	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (1)

Florida (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Alexander Springs Creek	Ocala National Forest	2,954

References (6)

Cowie, R.H. 1997. Catalog and bibliography of the nonindigenous nonmarine snails and slugs of the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 50: 1-66.
Cowie, R.H., R.T. Dillon, Jr., D.G. Robinson, and J.W. Smith. 2009. Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment. American Malacological Bulletin 27:113-132.
MolluscaBase eds. 2022. MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org.
Pointier, J.-P., M. Yong, and A. Gutierrez. 2005. Guide to the Freshwater Molluscs of Cuba. ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. 120 pp.
Thompson, F.G. 1999. An identification manual for the freshwater snails of Florida. Walkerana 10(23): 1-96.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.