Tylomelania connectens
| Tylomelania connectens | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania connectens. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. connectens
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania connectens | |
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Tylomelania porcellanica var. connectens Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 | |
Tylomelania connectens is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
This species was originally described as a subspecies.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in Poso River, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Ecology[edit]
Tylomelania connectens is a riverine species.
References[edit]
- ^ (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 55, table 4, figure 54-55.
- ^ a b 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.
External links[edit]
Media related to Tylomelania connectens at Wikimedia Commons
