Tylomelania tominangensis
Tylomelania tominangensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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| Species: | T. tominangensis |
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| Tylomelania tominangensis (Kruimel, 1913)[2] | |
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Melania tominangensis Kruimel, 1913 | |
The specific name tominangensis is named after the Tominanga River, where it lives.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Tominanga River and in Lake Lontoa, south Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3] Its type locality is the Tominanga River near lake Towuti.[3]
Ecology
The females of Tylomelania tominangensis usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania tominangensis have a shell height of 6.8-8.5 mm.[3]
References
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
- Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235, page 225, plate 4, fig. 14.
- von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia 592:11-94. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0765-8.
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