Tylomelania celebicola

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

Tylomelania celebicola
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania celebicola.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. celebicola
Binomial name
Tylomelania celebicola
Synonyms

Melania asperata var. celebicola Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
Brotia asperata celebicola (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898)

This species was originally described as a subspecies.[2] The specific name celebicola is derived from the Celebes, a former name of Sulawesi, where this species occurs.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Ecology edit

Tylomelania celebicola is a riverine species.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ (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. 37-38, table 3, figure 30-32.
  2. ^ a b c 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.