Tylomelania tominangensis
Appearance
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An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania tominangensis. | |
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Species: | T. tominangensis
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Tylomelania tominangensis | |
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Melania tominangensis Kruimel, 1913 |
Tylomelania tominangensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name tominangensis is named after the Tominanga River, where it lives.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Tominanga River and in Lake Lontoa, south Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3] Its type locality is the Tominanga River near lake Towuti.[3]
Ecology
The females of Tylomelania tominangensis usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania tominangensis have a shell height of 6.8-8.5 mm.[3]
References
- ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
- ^ Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235, page 225, plate 4, fig. 14.
- ^ a b c d von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia 592:11-94. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0765-8.