Tylomelania neritiformis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania neritiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Tylomelania |
Species: | T. neritiformis
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Binomial name | |
Tylomelania neritiformis | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Melania neritiformis |
Tylomelania neritiformis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Tylomelania neritiformis is the type species of the genus Tylomelania. [2] This type species was subsequently designated by Johannes Thiele in 1929. [3]
The type locality is the upper part of the Poso River in Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] [2]
The shell is small and thick, with a short spire and five whorls. It is black in color with a violet tint. [1]