Tylomelania neritiformis

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

[2] This type species was subsequently designated by Johannes Thiele in 1929.

[3] The type locality is the upper part of the Poso River in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

[1][2] The shell is small and thick, with a short spire and five whorls.

It is black in color with a violet tint.

Apertural view of a shell of Tylomelania neritiformis from its type description .