Tibia insulaechorab

Tibia insulaechorab, common name the Arabian tibia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rostellariidae. It is native to the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa.[1]

Tibia insulaechorab
Five views of a shell of Tibia insulaechorab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Rostellariidae
Genus:
Tibia
Species:
T. insulaechorab
Binomial name
Tibia insulaechorab
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Rostellaria brevirostris Schumacher, 1817
  • Rostellaria curvirostra Lamarck, 1816
  • Rostellaria dentula Perry, 1811
  • Rostellaria magna Mörch, 1852
  • Rostellum ternatanum Montfort, 1810
  • Tibia luteostoma Angas, 1878
Dorsal view of a shell of Tibia insulaechorab

Taxonomy

This species was first described by the German malacologist Peter Friedrich Röding in 1798, the type locality being the Red Sea. He gave it the name Tibia insulaechorab; it was at first included in the family Strombidae, but this large family was later split and the genus Tibia was transferred to the family Rostellariidae. A 2005 study by Sabine, concluded that Tibia was probably closely related to Terebellum, there being several well known morphological similarities between them.[2]

Description

The shell can grow to a length of 200 mm (8 in), and the live snail can weigh about 450 g (16 oz).[3][4]

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References
  1. Tibia insulaechorab Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Simone, L.R.L. (2005). "Comparative morphological study of representatives of the three families of Stromboidea and the Xenophoroidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda), with an assessment of their phylogeny". Arquivos de Zoologia. São Paulo, Brazil: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. 37 (2): 141–267. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v37i2p141-267. ISSN 0066-7870.
  3. "Tibia insulaechorab Röding 1798". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. Tibia insulaechorab Gastropoda Stromboidea
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