| Tylomelania celebicola | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania celebicola. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. celebicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania celebicola | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania asperata var. celebicola Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania celebicola is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
This species was originally described as a subspecies. [2] The specific name celebicola is derived from the Celebes, a former name of Sulawesi, where this species occurs.
Distribution
This species occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2]
Ecology
Tylomelania celebicola is a riverine species. [2]
References
- ^ (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. 37-38, table 3, figure 30-32.
- ^ a b c 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.