Tylomelania palicolarum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. palicolarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania palicolarum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania palicolarum Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 | |
The specific name palicolarum is according to the Latin words "pile" that means "pile" and Latin word "colus". The specific name refer to stilt houses that were built around the lake.[1]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Towuti.[1]
Description
editThe width of the shell is 25 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 73 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 13.5 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 23 mm.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 312.
External links
edit- 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.