Thiara (Thiara) scabra (Müller, 1774)

Sajan, S. K., Tripathy, Basudev & Biswas, Tulika, 2018, Species inventory of land and freshwater Molluscs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 141-155 : 147-148

Thiara (Thiara) scabra (Müller, 1774) [ Plate 3 ; Figure R]

Material examined: Ethipothala, Temple side shallow river water camp, Nalgonda (5 ex.), Date: 02.ix.2016, Coll: Dr, Varadaraju and Party, Reg.No: M29445/7; Ethipothala lake falls (1 ex.), Date: 01.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju & Party, Reg. No: M29448/7

Shell characters: Shell rather short and broad, whorls slightly flattened above and rounded below, regularly increasing in size; rows of spines present on the whorls; spiral striae on the shell surface strong near umbilical region. Prefers slow moving water but occurs in slow or fast moving water as well as stagnant water.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

IUCN status: This taxon has not yet been assessed by the IUCN Red List.

Figures

Plate 3. N.Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909); O. Idiopoma dissimilis (Müller, 1774); P. Pila virens (Lamarck, 1822); Q. Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774); R. Thiara (Thiara) scabra (Müller, 1774); S. Tarebia lineata (Gray, 1828)