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Tylomelania gemmifera

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Tylomelania gemmifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. gemmifera
Binomial name
Tylomelania gemmifera
Synonyms

Melania gemmifera Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occurs in one lake; the type locality is Lake Matano.[1]

Description

The shell has 9-10 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 13.5 millimetres (0.53 in).[1] The height of the shell is 46.5 millimetres (1.83 in).[1] The width of the aperture is 8 millimetres (0.31 in).[1] The height of the aperture is 10.5 millimetres (0.41 in).[1]

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