''Rimellopsis powisii'', common name Powis's tibia, is a
species
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of large
sea snail
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, a
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Rostellariidae within the
Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Southern
Japan
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, and in the Indo-West Pacific to
New Caledonia
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and
Queensland
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, Australia
References
* Petit, S. 1840. ''Descriptions de deux espèces de coquilles nouvelles, appartenant aux genres Rostellaria et Murex, par M. Petit de la Saussaye''. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 3: 326-327
* Schepman, M.M. 1908. ''The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa''. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh
ectinobranchiata Siboga-Expéditie Report 49a(1): pp. 1–108, 9 pls.
* Romagna-Manoja, E. 1977. ''Family Strombidae. part 4. Genus Tibia Roeding, 1798.'' La Conchiglia 95-96(3-13)
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.
* Kreipl, K. & Poppe, G.T. 1999. ''The family Strombidae''. 1-59, pls 1–130 in Poppe, G.T. & Groh, K. (eds). Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks.
* Okutani, T. 2000. ''Marine mollusks in Japan''. Tokai University Press 1173 pp.
* Kronenberg, G.C. & Burger, A.W. 2002. On the subdivision of recent Tibia-like gastropods (Gastropoda, Stromboidea) with the recognition of the family Rostellariidae Gabb, 1868, and a note on the type species of Tibia Röding, 1798. Vita Malacologica 1: 39-48
External links
*
Wieneke, U. 2010. Stromboidea Rostellariidae Rimellopsis Lambiotte, 1979. Gastropoda Stromboidea website
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Rostellariidae