Tylomelania perfecta

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Tylomelania perfecta
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Photo of an apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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T. perfecta
Binomial name
Tylomelania perfecta
(Mousson, 1849)[2]
Synonyms

Melania perfecta Mousson, 1849

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

This is the first species of the genus Tylomelania that was described (under the name Melania perfecta) by malacologist Albert Mousson in 1849.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in south, south-east and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3] It is a widespread species of Tylomelania.[3]

Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.
Drawing of an abapertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.

Ecology[]

This is a riverine species.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ (in German) Mousson A. (1849). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken von Java. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, 126 pp + 12 tables. page 116, table XII, figure 5.
  3. ^ a b c 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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