Tylomelania sarasinorum

Last updated

Tylomelania sarasinorum
Tylomelania sarasinorum shell.png
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania sarasinorum.
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. sarasinorum
Binomial name
Tylomelania sarasinorum
(Kruimel, 1913) [2]
Synonyms

Melania sarasinorumKruimel, 1913

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

Contents

The specific name sarasinorum is in honor of Swiss naturalists Paul Sarasin and Fritz Sarasin, who described 20 Tylomelania species from Sulawesi.

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. [3] Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island. [4]

Ecology

Tylomelania sarasinorum is a lacustrine species. [3]

The females of Tylomelania sarasinorum usually have 1-14 embryos in their brood pouch. [3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania sarasinorum have a shell height of 0.5-8.5 mm. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Tylomelania</i> Genus of gastropods

Tylomelania is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae. In the aquarium hobby, snails from this genus are commonly known as "rabbit snails".

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

<i>Tylomelania zeamais</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania patriarchalis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania towutensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

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

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

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

<i>Tylomelania scalariopsis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania helmuti</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania celebicola</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania carota</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania wallacei</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania abendanoni</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania lalemae</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania mahalonensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania masapensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania tominangensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Tylomelania towutica</i> Species of gastropod

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

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

References

  1. ↑ Rintelen, T. (2019). "Tylomelania sarasinorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 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. 7. PDF.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia592:11-94. doi : 10.1007/s10750-007-0765-8.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.