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Tylomelania patriarchalis

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

Melania patriarchalis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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Distribution

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It occur in the single lake and the type locality is the lake Matano.[1]

Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania patriarchalis from its type description.

Description

The shell has 6-9 whorls.[1]

The width of the shell is 26 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 82 mm.[1] The width of the aperture is 14 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 22 mm.[1]

There are 6-7 concentric lines on the operculum.[1]

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