| Tylomelania centaurus | |
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| An apertural view of the shell of Tylomelania centaurus from its type description (holotype, NMB 1339a from Natural History Museum of Basel). The shell is partly covered by the sponge Pachydictyum globosum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. centaurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania centaurus (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898) | |
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Melania centaurus Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania centaurus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Description
The shell has 7.5 whorls. The height of the shell is 44 mm (1.7 in). The width of an aperture is 8 mm (0.31 in). The height of an aperture is 11 mm (0.43 in).
Ecology
Tylomelania centaurus is a lacustrine species.
References
- ^ Von Rintelen, Thomas & Glaubrecht, Matthias (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 (4): 513–542. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.
- ^ (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. 36-37, table 2, figure 13-14.
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