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.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. sinabartfeldi
Binomial name
Tylomelania sinabartfeldi
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2008[1]

The specific name sinabartfeldi is in honor of Sina Bartfeld, who contributed to supporting the malacological research.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Larona River, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] Its type locality is the Larona River.[1]

Ecology

The females of Tylomelania sinabartfeldi usually have 11-67 embryos in their brood pouch.[1]

References
  1. 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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