Tylomelania insulaesacrae
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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 , Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti.[1]
Description[]
The width of the shell is 8 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 16 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 4 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 7.5 mm.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g (in 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[]
- 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.
Categories:
- Tylomelania
- Gastropods described in 1897
- Cerithioidea stubs