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Tylomelania sinabartfeldi

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Species of gastropod

Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species: T. sinabartfeldi
Binomial name
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008

Tylomelania sinabartfeldi is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

The specific name sinabartfeldi is in honor of Sina Bartfeld, who contributed to supporting the malacological research.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Larona River, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is the Larona River.

An abapertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi.

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi usually have 11-67 embryos in their brood pouch.

References

  1. ^ von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.

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Taxon identifiers
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi


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