Tylomelania abendanoni explained

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

The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878-1962).

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]

Ecology

Tylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species.[1]

The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[1] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.[1]

Notes and References

  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. .

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