''Tylomelania insulaesacrae'' is a
species of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
with an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Pachychilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in
Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
It occur in the single lake and the
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation ...
is the
lake Towuti.
Description
The width of the shell is 8 mm.
The height of the shell is 16 mm.
The width of the aperture is 4 mm.
The height of the aperture is 7.5 mm.
References
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. .
insulaesacrae
Gastropods described in 1897
{{Pachychilidae-stub