Rimellopsis powisii

Rimellopsis powisii
Five views of a shell of Rimellopsis powisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Rostellariidae
Genus: Rimellopsis
Species: R. powisii
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
Binomial name
Rimellopsis powisii
Synonyms
  • Rostellaria powisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1840 (original combination)
  • Rostellaria powisii var. abyssicola Schepman, M.M., 1909
  • Tibia laurenti Duchamps, 1992
  • Tibia powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
  • Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisii (Petit, 1842)

Rimellopsis powisii, common name Powis's tibia, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southern Japan, and in the Indo-West Pacific to Queensland, Australia

References

  1. Rimellopsi powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) . WoRMS (2012). Rimellopsi powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531630 on 25 November 2012.
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