Tylomelania sarasinorum explained
Tylomelania sarasinorum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name sarasinorum is in honor of Swiss naturalists Paul Sarasin and Fritz Sarasin, who described 20 Tylomelania species from Sulawesi.
Distribution
This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island.[2]
Ecology
Tylomelania sarasinorum is a lacustrine species.[1]
The females of Tylomelania sarasinorum usually have 1-14 embryos in their brood pouch.[1] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania sarasinorum have a shell height of 0.5-8.5 mm.[1]
Notes and References
- 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. .
- 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. .
