Tylomelania celebicola

Tylomelania celebicola
	An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania celebicola.
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Tylomelania
Species:	T. celebicola
Binomial name
	Tylomelania celebicola; (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898)[2]
Synonyms
	Melania asperata var. celebicola Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898; Brotia asperata celebicola (Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898)

Tylomelania celebicola 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.[3] The specific name celebicola is derived from the Celebes, a former name of Sulawesi, where this species occurs.

Distribution

This species occurs in central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]

Ecology

Tylomelania celebicola is a riverine species.[3]

References

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 July 2014.
(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. 37-38, table 3, figure 30-32.
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.

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[1] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 July 2014.

[2] (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. 37-38, table 3, figure 30-32.

[Rintelen_2005-3] 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.