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

Tylomelania baskasti
An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. baskasti
Binomial name
Tylomelania baskasti
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[1]

The specific name baskasti is in honor of the German author and journalist Bas Kast, who supported the malacological research.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Malili lake system, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] Its type locality is Larona River.[1]

 
An abapertual view of a holotype of Tylomelania baskasti.

Ecology

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Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania baskasti have a shell height of 5.7-8.4 mm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.
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