Tylomelania neritiformis
Species of gastropod
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Tylomelania neritiformis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
| Tylomelania neritiformis | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania neritiformis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Tylomelania |
| Species: | T. neritiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylomelania neritiformis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Melania neritiformis | |
Tylomelania neritiformis is the type species of the genus Tylomelania.[2] This type species was subsequently designated by Johannes Thiele in 1929.[3]
Distribution
The type locality is the upper part of the Poso River in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1][2]
