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Tylomelania towutica
Plate 1 of 1. Ting Hui Ng, Siong Kiat Tan, Wing Hing Wong, Rudolf Meier, Sow-Yan Chan, Heok Hui Tan & Da (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia
IUCN EN · Endangered

Tylomelania towutica

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

The specific name towutica is after Lake Towuti where it lives.

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Range & habitat

This species occurs in Lake Towuti and in the Tominanga River, in south Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island.

Wikipedia: “Distribution”

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What it does

Tylomelania towutica is a lacustrine species. The females of Tylomelania towutica usually have 1-7 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of Tylomelania towutica have a shell height of 0.5-9.3 mm.

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 879608.