Tylomelania sinabartfeldi

Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species: T. sinabartfeldi
Binomial name
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[2]

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

The specific name sinabartfeldi is in honor of Sina Bartfeld, who contributed to supporting the malacological research.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Larona River, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is the Larona River.[2]

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi usually have 11-67 embryos in their brood pouch.[2]

References

  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.

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