Tylomelania zeamais
Tylomelania zeamais is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania zeamais | |
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Species: | T. zeamais |
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Tylomelania zeamais | |
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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 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: ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ ๐ช ๐ฐ ๐ท ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ซ ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ธ ๐ป ๐ช ๐ท ๐พ ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฉ ๐ธ โช
gollark: ๐ฉ ๐บ ๐ช ๐น ๐ด ๐ต ๐ด ๐ด ๐ท ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐ฌ ๐ณ ,๐พ ๐ช ๐ธ โช
gollark: HASSIGNIFICANT GARBAGECOLLECTOR PROBLEMSESPECIALLYWITH MODS
gollark: MINECRAFT
References
- (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "รber die Molluskenfauna der groรen Sรผรwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 314.
External links
- 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: 513โ542. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.
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