Tylomelania wallacei

Tylomelania wallacei
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania wallacei.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. wallacei
Binomial name
Tylomelania wallacei
(Reeve, 1860)
Synonyms

Melania perfecta var. wallacei Reeve, 1860

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Maros karst, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]

Ecology

Tylomelania wallacei is a riverine species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  • (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 26-27, table 3, figure 27; tab. 5, fig. 68; tab. 6, fig. 93.


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