Tylomelania sinabartfeldi

Tylomelania sinabartfeldi is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
An apertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi.
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. sinabartfeldi
Binomial name
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[2]

The specific name sinabartfeldi is in honor of Sina Bartfeld, who contributed to supporting the malacological research.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Larona River, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] Its type locality is the Larona River.[2]

An abapertural view of a shell of a holotype of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi.

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi usually have 11-67 embryos in their brood pouch.[2]

References
  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 July 2014.
  2. von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.


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