Tylomelania baskasti | |
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An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Tylomelania |
Species: | T. baskasti |
Binomial name | |
Tylomelania baskasti von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008 [1] | |
Tylomelania baskasti is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name baskasti is in honor of the German author and journalist Bas Kast, who supported the malacological research. [1]
This species occurs in the Malili lake system, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] Its type locality is Larona River. [1]
Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania baskasti have a shell height of 5.7-8.4 mm. [1]
Lake Towuti is a lake in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Surrounded by mountains, it is the largest lake of the island of Sulawesi and one of the five lakes of the Malili Lake system. The Larona River flows from the lake to the Boni Bay. The town Laronda is located on its shore.
Bas Kast is a German-Dutch science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. His articles have earned him a number of national and international prizes. Kast has written several popular science books, some of which became best selling books that have been translated in numerous languages.
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