Tylomelania patriarchalis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
| Tylomelania patriarchalis | |
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| A shell of Tylomelania patriarchalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. patriarchalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania patriarchalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania patriarchalis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Matano.[1]
Description edit
The width of the shell is 26 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 82 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 14 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 22 mm.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 310-311.
External links edit
- 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.