Tylomelania wallacei

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

Tylomelania wallacei
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania wallacei.
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Tylomelania
Species:
T. wallacei
Binomial name
Tylomelania wallacei
(Reeve, 1860)
Synonyms

Melania perfecta var. wallacei Reeve, 1860

Distribution

This species occurs in Maros karst, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Ecology

Tylomelania wallacei is a riverine species.[2]

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References
  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 July 2014.
  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.
  • (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 26-27, table 3, figure 27; tab. 5, fig. 68; tab. 6, fig. 93.


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