Tylomelania celebicola explained

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. 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.^[1]

Ecology

Tylomelania celebicola is a riverine species.^[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. .