Tylomelania masapensis explained

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

The specific name masapensis is named after Lake Masapi, where it lives.

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[1] Its type locality is Lake Masapi.^[2]

Ecology

Tylomelania masapensis is a lacustrine species.^[1]

The females of Tylomelania masapensis usually have 1-5 embryos in their brood pouch.^[1] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania masapensis have a shell height of 0.3-10.0 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. .
2. von Rintelen, Bouchet P. & Glaubrecht M. (2007). "Ancient lakes as hotspots of diversity: a morphological review of an endemic species flock of Tylomelania (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hydrobiologia 592:11-94. .