| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. palicolarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Melania palicolarum Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
Tylomelania palicolarum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name palicolarum is according to the Latin words "pile" that means " pile" and Latin word "colus". The specific name refer to stilt houses that were built around the lake. [1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti. [1]
Description
The width of the shell is 25 mm. [1] The height of the shell is 73 mm. [1] The width of the aperture is 13.5 mm. [1] The height of the aperture is 23 mm. [1]
There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum. [1]
References
- ^ 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 312.
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: 513–542. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.
| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. palicolarum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Melania palicolarum Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
Tylomelania palicolarum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name palicolarum is according to the Latin words "pile" that means " pile" and Latin word "colus". The specific name refer to stilt houses that were built around the lake. [1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti. [1]
Description
The width of the shell is 25 mm. [1] The height of the shell is 73 mm. [1] The width of the aperture is 13.5 mm. [1] The height of the aperture is 23 mm. [1]
There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum. [1]
References
- ^ 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 312.
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: 513–542. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.