Tylomelania scalariopsis

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Tylomelania scalariopsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. scalariopsis
Binomial name
Tylomelania scalariopsis
(Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897) [1]
Synonyms

Melania scalariopsis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in Lake Poso drainage, Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2] [1] The type locality is the Poso River, 400 m against the river current. [1]

Description

The shell has 11-12 whorls. [1]

The width of the shell is 12 mm. [1] The height of the shell is 34 mm. [1] The width of the aperture is 6.5 mm. [1] The height of the aperture is 10 mm. [1]

There are 6 concentric lines on the operculum. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 315-316.
  2. 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.