Rimellopsis powisii, common name Powis's tibia, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Southern Japan, and in the Indo-West Pacific to New Caledonia and Queensland, 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 [Pectinobranchiata]. 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
