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
	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]

↑ 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
↑ 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.
↑ 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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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)