Tylomelania connectens
| Tylomelania connectens | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania connectens. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. connectens |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania connectens Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tylomelania porcellanica var. connectens Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania connectens is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
This species was originally described as a subspecies.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in Poso River, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]
Lateral view of a shell of Tylomelania connectens.
Ecology
Tylomelania connectens is a riverine species.
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 March 2016.
- ↑ (German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 55, table 4, figure 54-55.
- 1 2 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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