Tylomelania towutensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Tylomelania
Species:
T. towutensis
Binomial name
Tylomelania towutensis
Synonyms

Melania toradjarum var. towutensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

The specific name towutensis is according to the lake Towuti.

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti.[1]

Description

The shell has 6-9 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 20 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 62 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 12 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 20 mm.[1]

There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 311-312.
  • 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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