Tylomelania perfecta

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

Tylomelania perfecta
Photo of an apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.
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. perfecta
Binomial name
Tylomelania perfecta
(Mousson, 1849)[2]
Synonyms

Melania perfecta Mousson, 1849

This is the first species of the genus Tylomelania that was described (under the name Melania perfecta) by malacologist Albert Mousson in 1849.

Distribution

This species occurs in south, south-east and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3] It is a widespread species of Tylomelania.[3]

Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.
Drawing of an abapertural view of a shell of Tylomelania perfecta.

Ecology

This is a riverine species.[3]

References
  1. IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2013.
  2. (in German) Mousson A. (1849). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken von Java. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, 126 pp + 12 tables. page 116, table XII, figure 5.
  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.


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