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Tylomelania gemmifera

Tylomelania gemmifera
Not listed in IUCN Red List
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Tylomelania
Species: T. gemmifera
Binomial name
Tylomelania gemmifera
(Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897)
Synonyms

Melania gemmifera Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897


clade Sorbeoconcha

Melania gemmifera Sarasin & Sarasin, 1897

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

This species occurs in Malili lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. It occurs in one lake; the type locality is Lake Matano.

The shell has 9-10 whorls.

The width of the shell is 13.5 mm. The height of the shell is 46.5 mm. The width of the aperture is 8 mm. The height of the aperture is 10.5 mm.



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