Tylomelania towutica 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 towutica. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. towutica
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania towutica | |
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Melania towutica Kruimel, 1913 | |
The specific name towutica is after Lake Towuti where it lives.
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Lake Towuti and in the Tominanga River, in south Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island.[2]
Description edit
Ecology edit
Tylomelania towutica is a lacustrine species.[3]
The females of Tylomelania towutica usually have 1-7 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania towutica have a shell height of 0.5-9.3 mm.[3]
Human use edit
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4]
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 220, plate 4, fig. 8.
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130