Tylomelania gemmifera

Tylomelania gemmifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Tylomelania
Species:	T. gemmifera
Binomial name
	Tylomelania gemmifera; (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897)
Synonyms
	Melania gemmifera Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

Distribution[]

This species occurs in , Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[1] It occurs in one lake; the type locality is Lake Matano.^[1]

Description[]

The shell has 9-10 whorls.^[1]

The width of the shell is 13.5 millimetres (0.53 in).^[1] The height of the shell is 46.5 millimetres (1.83 in).^[1] The width of the aperture is 8 millimetres (0.31 in).^[1] The height of the aperture is 10.5 millimetres (0.41 in).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 313-314.

External links[]

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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[Sarasin_1897-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 313-314.

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