Tylomelania toradjarum
| Tylomelania toradjarum | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania toradjarum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. toradjarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania toradjarum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania toradjarum Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
Tylomelania toradjarum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name toradjarum is in honor of Toraja (spelling variant Toradja), an ethnic group indigenous to Sulawesi.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The type locality is the Lake Poso.[1]
Description
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The width of the shell is 16 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 54 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 10 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 15 mm.[1]
There are 9 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 309-310.
External links
[edit]- 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.