Tylomelania carbo
| Tylomelania carbo | |
|---|---|
| Not listed in IUCN Red List[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. carbo |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania carbo Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897[2] | |
Tylomelania carbo is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The sister group (the closest relative) of Tylomelania carbo is Tylomelania toradjarum.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in lake Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] The type locality is lake Poso.[2]
Description
The width of the shell is up to 10.5 mm.[2] The height of the shell is up to 16.5 mm.[2] The width of the aperture is 6 mm.[2] The height of the aperture is 9 mm.[2]
The length of the radula can be up to 21.5 mm.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN (2015). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 318-319.
- 1 2 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.
External links
- "Tylomelania carbo". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- (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. page 53, table 4, figure 50-51; tab. 8, fig. 112; tab. 9, fig. 116.
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