Plotiopsis balonnensis

Plotiopsis balonnensis
	Plotiopsis balonnensis shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Plotiopsis
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 mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Ecology[edit]

Parasites of Plotiopsis balonnensis include trematode Sychnocotyle kholo.^[2]

^ 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
^ 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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.

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