Tylomelania sarasinorum
Tylomelania sarasinorum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. The specific name "sarasinorum" is in honor of Swiss naturalists Paul Sarasin and Fritz Sarasin, who described 20 "Tylomelania" species from Sulawesi. Distribution. This species occurs in Malili Lakes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality is lake Towuti, Loeha Island. Ecology. "Tylomelania sarasinorum" is a lacustrine species. The females of "Tylomelania sarasinorum" usually have 1-14 embryos in their brood pouch. Newly hatched snails of "Tylomelania sarasinorum" have a shell height of 0.5-8.5 mm.