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Tibia curta

Tibia curta
Tibia insulaechorab.jpg
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)
Synonyms

Rostellaria curta G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination)


Rostellaria curta G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination)

Tibia curta, common name the Indian tibia, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This species occurs in southern India.

Common Size 150 mm, but the size of the shell varies between 120 mm and 185 mm.

This marine species occurs from the Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal



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