Tylomelania abendanoni is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Tylomelania abendanoni | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania abendanoni. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Tylomelania |
Species: | T. abendanoni
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Binomial name | |
Tylomelania abendanoni | |
Synonyms | |
Melania abendanoni Kruimel, 1913 |
The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878-1962).
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Ecology
editTylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species.[2]
The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[2] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ (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.
- ^ a b c d 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.