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Tylomelania toradjarum

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Tylomelania toradjarum
Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania toradjarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. toradjarum
Binomial name
Tylomelania toradjarum
Synonyms

Melania toradjarum Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

The specific name toradjarum is in honor of Toraja (spelling variant Toradja), an ethnic group indigenous to Sulawesi.[1]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The type locality is the Lake Poso.[1]

Description

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Tylomelania toradjarum shells.

The shell has 7-9 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 16 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 54 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 10 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 15 mm.[1]

There are 9 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 309-310.
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  • 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.