Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pachychilidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cerithioidea Genus Tylomelania | |
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Similar Tylomelania baskasti, Tylomelania towutica, Tylomelania gemmifera, Tylomelania towutensis, Tylomelania patriarchalis | ||
Tylomelania abendanoni is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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The specific name abendanoni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Eduard Cornelius Abendanon (1878-1962).
Distribution
This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Ecology
Tylomelania abendanoni is a lacustrine species.
The females of Tylomelania abendanoni usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania abendanoni have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.
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