Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pachychilidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cerithioidea Genus Tylomelania | |
Similar Tylomelania, Tylomelania towutica, Tylomelania gemmifera, Tylomelania perfecta, Tylomelania towutensis | ||
Tylomelania kruimeli is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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The specific name kruimeli is in honor of Dutch malacologist Jan Herman Kruimel (1884-1916).
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The type locality is north-eastern corner of the Lake Mahalona.
Description
The shape of the shell is conical. The shell has 4-9 whorls.
The width of the shell is 7.5-29.3 mm. The height of the shell is 13.9-69.3 mm.
Ecology
This lacustrine species lives on the hard substrate.
There are developing 3-14 embryos develop in a brood pouch. Females gave birth to 2-14 juveniles. The height of the shell of juveniles at birth is 6.5-11.0 mm.
References
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