Tibia (gastropod)
Genus of molluscs
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::summary Genus of molluscs ::
| image = Tibia fusus 02.JPG | image_caption = Views of a shell of Tibia fusus | taxon = Tibia | authority = Röding, 1798 | subdivision = See text | type_species= Murex fusus Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms_ref= | synonyms=
- Gladius Mörch, 1852
- Gladius (Rostellaria) Lamarck, 1799
- Hippochrenes (Rostellaria) Lamarck, 1799
- Rostellaria Lamarck, 1799
- Rostellaria (Rostellaria) Lamarck, 1799
- Rostellum Montfort, 1810
**Tibia ** is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This genus was traditionally considered to be part of the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies. However, recent morphological as well as molecular studies indicate that these ("shinbone shells") should be recognised as a separate family, the Rostellariidae, and this is the way they are treated in the database WoRMS.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tibia:
- Tibia bidigitata (Newton, 1922)
- †Tibia butaciana (K. Martin, 1899)
- Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) - Tuticorin, southern India
- †Tibia dentata (Grateloup, 1827)
- Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Philippines
- †Tibia indica Dey, 1962
- Tibia insulaechorab Röding, 1798 - Red Sea
- †Tibia katoi Noda & R. Watanabe, 1996
- Tibia melanocheilus (A. Adams, 1855) - Turtle Island, Philippines; Brunei
- †Tibia verbeeki (K. Martin, 1899)
Former species
- Tibia delicatula Nevill, 1881 synonymized with Rostellariella delicatula (G. Nevill, 1881)
- Tibia deliculata synonymized with Rostellariella delicatula (G. Nevill, 1881)
- Tibia indiarum Röding, 1798 synonymized with Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tibia laurenti Duchamps, 1992 synonymized with Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
- Tibia luteostoma Angas, 1878 synonymized with Tibia insulaechorab Röding, 1798
- Tibia martinii Marrat, 1877 synonymized with Rostellariella martinii (Marrat, 1877)
- Tibia powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) synonymized with Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
- Tibia serrata (Perry, 1811) synonymized with Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Gallery
Image:Strombidae - Tibia insulaechorab.jpg|Tibia insulaechorab Image:Tibia fusus 01.JPG|Tibia fusus Image:Tibia insulaechorab curta 01.JPG|Tibia curta Image:Tibia curta.jpg|Tibia curta
References
References
- [[Peter Friedrich Röding. Röding P. F.]] (1798). ''Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia''. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
- Bouchet, P. (2023). Tibia Röding, 1798. In: MolluscaBase (2023). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204325 on 2023-07-02
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