Tylomelania hannelorae

Tylomelania hannelorae
An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania hannelorae.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. hannelorae
Binomial name
Tylomelania hannelorae
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[1]

Tylomelania hannelorae is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

The specific name hannelorae is in honor of Hannelore Glaubrecht, who participated on the malacological research.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] Its type locality is Lake Mahalona.[1]

An abapertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania hannelorae.

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania hannelorae usually have 1-2 embryos in their brood pouch.[1] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania hannelorae have a shell height of 2.4-3.1 mm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.


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