Tylomelania patriarchalis

Tylomelania patriarchalis
A shell of Tylomelania patriarchalis
Conservation status
Not listed in IUCN Red List[1]
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)[2]
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.[2] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Matano.[2]

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

Description

The shell has 6-9 whorls.[2]

The width of the shell is 26 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 82 mm.[2] The width of the aperture is 14 mm.[2] The height of the aperture is 22 mm.[2]

There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 (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.

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