Tylomelania kruimeli
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = Apertural view of the shell of Tylomelania kruimeli
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Tylomelania
| species = kruimeli
| authority = von Rintelen & Glaubrecht, 2003von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2003). "New discoveries in old lakes: three new species of Tylomelania Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897 (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system on Sulawesi, Indonesia". Journal of Molluscan Studies 69(1): 3-17. {{doi|10.1093/mollus/69.1.3}}
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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).
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The type locality is north-eastern corner of the Lake Mahalona.
Description
Ecology
This lacustrine species lives on the hard substrate.
There are developing 3-14 embryos develop in a brood pouch. Females gave birth to 2-14 juveniles.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}}. The height of the shell of juveniles at birth is 6.5-11.0 mm.
References
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External links
- {{NCBI taxid|246324|Tylomelania kruimeli}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 2003
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