Tylomelania abendanoni
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania abendanoni.
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Tylomelania
Species:
T. abendanoni
Binomial name
Tylomelania abendanoni
(Kruimel, 1913)[2]
Synonyms

Melania abendanoni Kruimel, 1913

Tylomelania abendanoni is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878-1962).

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]

Ecology

Tylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species.[3]

The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[3] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
  2. ↑ (in German) Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235. page 223, plate 4, fig. 9. PDF.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.


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