Tylomelania kruimeli

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Tylomelania kruimeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species:
T. kruimeli
Binomial name
Tylomelania kruimeli
von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2003[2]

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

The specific name kruimeli is in honor of Dutch malacologist Jan Herman Kruimel (1884-1916).[2]

This species is endemic to the Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]

The type locality is north-eastern corner of the Lake Mahalona.[2]

Description

The shape of the shell is conical.[2] The shell has 4-9 whorls.[2]

The width of the shell is 7.5-29.3 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 13.9-69.3 mm.[2]

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