Tibia (gastropod)
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Tibia curta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Rostellariidae |
| Genus: | Tibia Röding, 1798[1] |
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Tibia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This genus was traditionally considered to be part of the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies. However, recent morphological as well as molecular studies indicate that these ("shinbone shells") should be recognised as a separate family, the Rostellariidae, and this is the way they are treated in the database WoRMS.
The recent species belong to three distinct genera, but several more genera are known from the fossil record.
Species
Species within the genus Tibia include:
- Tibia delicatula Nevill, 1881
- Tibia fuscus Linnaeus
- Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Philippines
- Tibia melanocheilus (A. Adams, 1854) - Turtle Island, Philippines; Brunei
- Tibia insulaechorab (Röding, 1798) - Red Sea
- Tibia martini Marrat, 1877
- Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) - Tuticorin, Southern India
Note:
- Tibia serrata (Perry, 1811) is now considered to be an aberrant morph of Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Tibia serrata (G. Perry, 1811) - no longer valid[2]
Related genera
Genus Rostellariella
- Rostellariella delicatula (Nevill, 1881) - Northern Indian Ocean
- Rostellariella lorenzi H. Morrison, 2005 - Arafura Sea, Indonesia
- Rostellariella martinii (Marrat, 1877) - Philippines
Genus Rimellopsis
- Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) - Cebu, Philippines
References
- ↑ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
- ↑ Romagna-Manoja, E., 1977. Tibia serrata is no longer a "ghost species." La Conchiglia 102-103: 3-4 + cover photo. Sept.-Oct.
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