Tylomelania lalemae

Tylomelania lalemae
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania lalemae.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. lalemae
Binomial name
Tylomelania lalemae
(Kruimel, 1913)[1]
Synonyms

Melania lalemae Kruimel, 1913

Tylomelania lalemae 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.[2]

Ecology

Tylomelania lalemae is a lacustrine species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235, page 224, plate 4, fig. 10.
  2. ^ 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.


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