Tylomelania centaurus
| Tylomelania centaurus | |
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| An apertural view of the shell of Tylomelania centaurus from its type description (holotype, NMB 1339a from Natural History Museum of Basel).[1] The shell is partly covered by the sponge Pachydictyum globosum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. centaurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania centaurus (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898)[3] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania centaurus Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania centaurus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]
Lateral view of the holotype of Tylomelania centaurus
Description
The shell has 7.5 whorls.[3] The height of the shell is 44 mm.[3] The width of an aperture is 8 mm.[3] The height of an aperture is 11 mm.[3]
Ecology
Tylomelania centaurus is a lacustrine species.[1]
References
- 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.
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 (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. 36-37, table 2, figure 13-14.
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