Tylomelania celebicola
| Tylomelania celebicola | |
|---|---|
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania celebicola. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. celebicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania celebicola (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania asperata var. celebicola Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania celebicola is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
This species was originally described as a subspecies.[3] The specific name celebicola is derived from the Celebes, a former name of Sulawesi, where this species occurs.
Distribution
This species occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]
Ecology
Tylomelania celebicola is a riverine species.[3]
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 July 2014.
- ↑ (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. 37-38, table 3, figure 30-32.
- 1 2 3 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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