Tibia curta

Tibia curta
A dorsal view of a shell of Tibia curta.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Tibia
Species: T. curta
Binomial name
Tibia curta
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

Tibia curta is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1] This species occurs in southern India.

Description

Common Size 150 mm Observed from Southern India (http://www.nmr-pics.nl/)

References

  1. Tibia curta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on WoRMS (2012). Tibia curta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532203 on 11 October 2012.