Tylomelania perfecta explained

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

This is the first species of the genus Tylomelania that was described (under the name Melania perfecta) by malacologist Albert Mousson in 1849.

Distribution

This species occurs in south, south-east and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[1] It is a widespread species of Tylomelania.^[1]

Ecology

This is a riverine species.^[1]

External links

• Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 316.

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. .