Melanoides is in Thiaridae according to both Vaught and "Southern Synthesis"
Brotia is in Pleuroceridae according to Vaught and in Thiaridae according
to "Southern Synthesis"
On the advice of Jose Leal, I'm taking "S.S." as the latest guidance
At 02:48 PM 1/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I did a quick web search for Brotia. I did not find the species dactylus,
>though I found a lot of other species. I also found that no-one can seem to
>agree where to classify this genus. On various websites I found it listed
>under Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, Melanellidae, and Melanatriidae (which I
>never heard of). Which is the correct family?
>
>Regards,
>Paul M.
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