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Tylomelania connectens

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Tylomelania connectens
An apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania connectens.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. connectens
Binomial name
Tylomelania connectens
Synonyms

Tylomelania porcellanica var. connectens Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898

Tylomelania connectens 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.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Poso River, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Lateral view of a shell of Tylomelania connectens.

Ecology

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Tylomelania connectens is a riverine species.

References

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  1. ^ (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. 55, table 4, figure 54-55.
  2. ^ a b 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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