Tylomelania scalariopsis
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]
gollark: Normally I just stick up my own trade and get random hatchling offers.
gollark: (Yes, I know people like Z-codes *more* for whatever reason, but mostly I just seem to get normal stuff for them)
gollark: I know Z-codes are rare, but so are As, Bs, Cs, Ds, Es, Fs, Gs, Hs, Is, Js, Ks, Ls, Ms, Ns, Ps, Qs, Rs, Ss, Ts, Us, Vs, Ws, Xs and Ys.
gollark: What am I meant to do, ask for it back?
gollark: 3 CB Coppers? Really? Oh well, I traded it already.
References
- (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.
- 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.
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