Tylomelania lalemae is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania lalemae. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. lalemae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania lalemae | |
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Melania lalemae Kruimel, 1913 | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Ecology edit
Tylomelania lalemae is a lacustrine species.[2]
References edit
- ^ Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235, page 224, plate 4, fig. 10.
- ^ a b 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.