Tylomelania masapensis

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

Tylomelania masapensis
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania masapensis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. masapensis
Binomial name
Tylomelania masapensis
(Kruimel, 1913)[1]
Synonyms

Melania masapensis Kruimel, 1913

The specific name masapensis is named after Lake Masapi, where it lives.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is Lake Masapi.[3]

Ecology

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Tylomelania masapensis is a lacustrine species.[2]

The females of Tylomelania masapensis usually have 1-5 embryos in their brood pouch.[2] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania masapensis have a shell height of 0.3-10.0 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kruimel J. H. (1913). "Verzeichnis der von Herrn E.C. Abendanon in Celebes gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 19: 217–235, page 218, plate 4, fig. 13.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia 592:11-94. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0765-8.