Tylomelania neritiformis explained

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

Tylomelania neritiformis is the type species of the genus Tylomelania.[1] This type species was subsequently designated by Johannes Thiele in 1929.[2]

Distribution

The type locality is the upper part of the Poso River in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]

Description

The shell is small and thick, with a short spire and five whorls. It is black in color with a violet tint.

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. [Johannes Thiele (zoologist)|Thiele J.]

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