Tylomelania zeamais

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

Tylomelania zeamais
Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania zeamais
Scientific classification
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T. zeamais
Binomial name
Tylomelania zeamais
Synonyms

Melania zea mays Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the Lake Matano.[1]

Description

The shell has 7-8 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 13 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 29 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 7.5 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 11.5 mm.[1]

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

gollark: Except for modding.
gollark: ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ซ ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ป ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ–ช
gollark: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ณ ,๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ–ช
gollark: HASSIGNIFICANT GARBAGECOLLECTOR PROBLEMSESPECIALLYWITH MODS
gollark: MINECRAFT

References

  1. (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "รœber die Molluskenfauna der groรŸen SรผรŸwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 314.


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