Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Pachychilidae Genus Tylomelania | |
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Similar Tylomelania, Tylomelania gemmifera, Tylomelania towutensis, Tylomelania patriarchalis, Tylomelania perfecta | ||
Tylomelania towutica
Tylomelania towutica is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
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The specific name towutica is after Lake Towuti where it lives.
Distribution
This species occurs in Lake Towuti and in the Tominanga River, in south Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island.
Ecology
Tylomelania towutica is a lacustrine species.
The females of Tylomelania towutica usually have 1-7 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania towutica have a shell height of 0.5-9.3 mm.
References
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