Tylomelania abendanoni
| Tylomelania abendanoni | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania abendanoni. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. abendanoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania abendanoni (Kruimel, 1913)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania abendanoni Kruimel, 1913 | |
Tylomelania abendanoni is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878-1962).
Distribution
This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]
Ecology
Tylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species.[3]
The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.[3]
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
- ↑ (German) Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235. page 223, plate 4, fig. 9. PDF.
- 1 2 3 4 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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