Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
| Tylomelania sinabartfeldi | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. sinabartfeldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania sinabartfeldi von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[2] | |
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name sinabartfeldi is in honor of Sina Bartfeld, who contributed to supporting the malacological research.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Larona River, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is the Larona River.[2]
An abapertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi.
Ecology
The females of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi usually have 11-67 embryos in their brood pouch.[2]
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.
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