Tylomelania helmuti is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
| Tylomelania helmuti | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania helmuti. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. helmuti
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania helmuti von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2003[1]
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The specific name helmuti is in honor of Helmut Glaubrecht, father of the second author and supporter of the malacological research.[1][2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Lake Towuti drainage, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The type locality is the stream-crossing on the road from Wawondula to Timampu.[1]
Description edit
The shell has always some whorls corroded with 3-8 whorls.[1]
The width of the shell is up to 8.0–16.3 mm.[1] The height of the shell is up to 15.8–34.6 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 4.0–8.5 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 6.2–13.2 mm.[1]
Ecology edit
This species lives in shallow streams and marshes.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2003). "New discoveries in old lakes: three new species of Tylomelania Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Journal of Molluscan Studies 69(1): 3-17. doi:10.1093/mollus/69.1.3
- ^ "Glaubrecht, Curriculum Vitae, Persönliche Daten" .accessed 6 July 2014.