''Tylomelania abendanoni'' is a species of

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with an operculum, an aquatic

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mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. The

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''abendanoni'' is in honor of Dutch malacologist

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(1878-1962).

Distribution

This species occurs in Malili Lakes,

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

, Indonesia.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. .

Ecology

''Tylomelania abendanoni'' is a lacustrine species. The females of ''Tylomelania abendanoni'' usually have 1-4 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of ''Tylomelania abendanoni'' have a shell height of 1.0-6.5 mm.

References

abendanoni Gastropods described in 1913 {{Pachychilidae-stub