Biology:Tylomelania carbo
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Tylomelania carbo Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897[1]
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Tylomelania carbo is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The sister group (the closest relative) of Tylomelania carbo is Tylomelania toradjarum.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in lake Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The type locality is lake Poso.[1]
Description
The shell has 4-5 whorls.[1]
The width of the shell is up to 10.5 mm.[1] The height of the shell is up to 16.5 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 6 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 9 mm.[1]
The length of the radula can be up to 21.5 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 318-319.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
External links
- (in 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. page 53, table 4, figure 50-51; tab. 8, fig. 112; tab. 9, fig. 116.
Wikidata ☰ Q20721634 entry
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