Tylomelania wallacei
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| Tylomelania wallacei | |
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| File:Tylomelania wallacei shell.png | |
| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania wallacei. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. wallacei
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania wallacei (Reeve, 1860)
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| Synonyms | |
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Melania perfecta var. wallacei Reeve, 1860 | |
Tylomelania wallacei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Maros karst, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]
Ecology
Tylomelania wallacei is a riverine species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.