Tylomelania hannelorae

Tylomelania hannelorae
An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania hannelorae.
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. hannelorae
Binomial name
Tylomelania hannelorae
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[2]

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

The specific name hannelorae is in honor of Hannelore Glaubrecht, who participated on the malacological research.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is Lake Mahalona.[2]

An abapertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania hannelorae.

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania hannelorae usually have 1-2 embryos in their brood pouch.[2] Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania hannelorae have a shell height of 2.4-3.1 mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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