Tylomelania tominangensis explained

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

The specific name tominangensis is named after the Tominanga River, where it lives.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Tominanga River and in Lake Lontoa, south Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is the Tominanga River near lake Towuti.[1]

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania tominangensis usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch.[1] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania tominangensis have a shell height of 6.8-8.5 mm.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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. .