Tylomelania mahalonensis 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 mahalonensis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. mahalonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania mahalonensis | |
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Melania mahalonensis Kruimel, 1913 | |
The specific name mahalonensis is taken from that of Lake Mahalona, where this species of snail lives.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3] Its type locality is Lake Mahalona.[2]
Ecology
editTylomelania mahalonensis is a lacustrine species.[3]
The females of Tylomelania mahalonensis usually have 1-11 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania mahalonensis have a shell height of 4.0-10.2 mm.[3]
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 222, plate 4, fig. 12.
- ^ a b von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia 592:11-94. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0765-8.
- ^ a b c d 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.