Tibia fusus
| Tibia fusus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Tibia fusus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Tibia |
| Species: | T. fusus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
Tibia fusus, common name Spindle tibia or Shinbone Tibia Gastropod, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1][2]
Distribution
This species is widespread in Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, from Indochina, China Sea, southern Japan and the Philippines to the Banda Sea, Indonesia, Australia and Oceania. [3][4][5]
Habitat
Most Tibia fusus live in tropical offshore waters where there is plenty of sand, at depths of 5 to 50 m. [3]
Description
The shells of Tibia fusus can reach a length of 15–31 millimetres (0.59–1.22 in) (including the long siphonal canal), with a typical length of 23 cm (9 in.).[5] These shells are large, spindle-shaped with moderately convex turns and an extremely long, thin and slightly curved siphonal canal. The basic color ranges from straw yellow to reddish-beige. The aperture is ovate and white inside, with 6 fingerlike growths on the outer lip. [3]
It is a fairly common species where it occurs, but because of its attractive appearance, it is highly sought after by shell collectors. [3]
Life cycle
Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trocophore) and later into juvenile veligers.[3]
Bibliography
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
- Koichiro Masuda & CHi-Yue Huang, 1993. Miocene Gastropoda and Scaphopoda in the western foothills of northern Taiwan. Journal of the Geological Society of China (1993)
- Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines
References
- ↑ Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2009). Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215385 on 27 June 2010.
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 3 4 5 SeaLifeBase:Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758), shinbone tibia.
- ↑ Claudio Galli: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
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