Tylomelania insulaesacrae
| Tylomelania insulaesacrae | |
|---|---|
| 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. insulaesacrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania insulaesacrae (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Melania insulae sacrae Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
Tylomelania insulaesacrae 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] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti.[2]
Description
The width of the shell is 8 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 16 mm.[2] The width of the aperture is 4 mm.[2] The height of the aperture is 7.5 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 315.
External links
- "Tylomelania insulaesacrae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- 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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