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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
    Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898[1]
    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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