Tylomelania insulaesacrae

Tylomelania insulaesacrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. insulaesacrae
Binomial name
Tylomelania insulaesacrae
Synonyms

Melania insulae sacrae Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti.[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 8 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 16 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 4 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 7.5 mm.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 315.
  • von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2005). "Anatomy of an adaptive radiation: a unique reproductive strategy in the endemic freshwater gastropod Tylomelania (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) on Sulawesi, Indonesia and its biogeographical implications." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 513–542. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.


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