Tylomelania patriarchalis

Tylomelania patriarchalis
	A shell of Tylomelania patriarchalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Tylomelania
Species:	T. patriarchalis
Binomial name
	Tylomelania patriarchalis; (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
	Melania patriarchalis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Matano.[1]

Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania patriarchalis from its type description.

Description

The shell has 6-9 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 26 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 82 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 14 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 22 mm.[1]

There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]

References

(in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 310-311.

External links

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. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00515.x.

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[Sarasin_1897-1] (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 539/540: 308-320. page 310-311.