Tibia curta | |
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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) |
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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