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Tylomelania masapensis

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

The specific name masapensis is named after Lake Masapi, where it lives.

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From the article Tylomelania masapensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section

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Range & habitat

This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is Lake Masapi.

Wikipedia: “Distribution”

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What it does

Tylomelania masapensis is a lacustrine species. The females of Tylomelania masapensis usually have 1-5 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania masapensis have a shell height of 0.3-10.0 mm.

== References ==

Wikipedia: “Ecology”

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 879601.