Tylomelania baskasti

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Tylomelania baskasti
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An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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.

Contents

The specific name baskasti is in honor of the German author and journalist Bas Kast, who supported the malacological research. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Malili lake system, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] Its type locality is Larona River. [1]

An abapertual view of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti Tylomelania baskasti shell 2.png
An abapertual view of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti

Ecology

Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania baskasti have a shell height of 5.7–8.4 mm. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37–49. PDF.


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