Biology:Tylomelania scalariopsis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Tylomelania scalariopsis (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897)[1]
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Tylomelania scalariopsis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Lake Poso drainage, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2][1] The type locality is the Poso River, 400 m against the river current.[1]
Description
The shell has 11-12 whorls.[1]
The width of the shell is 12 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 34 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 6.5 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 10 mm.[1]
There are 6 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 315-316.
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q7860252 entry
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