Tylomelania abendanoni

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Tylomelania abendanoni
Tylomelania abendanoni shell.png
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania abendanoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. abendanoni
Binomial name
Tylomelania abendanoni
(Kruimel, 1913) [1]
Synonyms

Melania abendanoni Kruimel, 1913

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

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The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878–1962).

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2]

Ecology

Tylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species. [2]

The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1–4 embryos in their brood pouch. [2] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0–6.5 mm. [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235. page 223, plate 4, fig. 9. PDF.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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