Tylomelania neritiformis

Tylomelania neritiformis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Tylomelania neritiformis
Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania neritiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Tylomelania
Species:
T. neritiformis
Binomial name
Tylomelania neritiformis
Synonyms[2]

Melania neritiformis
Brotia neritiformis

Tylomelania neritiformis is the type species of the genus Tylomelania.[2] This type species was subsequently designated by Johannes Thiele in 1929.[3]

Distribution

The type locality is the upper part of the Poso River in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1][2]

Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania neritiformis from its type description.

Description

The shell is small and thick, with a short spire and five whorls. It is black in color with a violet tint.[1]

References
  1. (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 318.
  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.
  3. Thiele J. (1929). Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer.


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