Tibia (gastropod)

Tibia
	Tibia curta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda ; clade Sorbeoconcha; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Tibia; Röding, 1798
Species
	See text.

Tibia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This genus has long been considered to be part of the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies.

However, some authors are of the opinion that recent morphological as well as molecular studies indicate that these ("shinbone shells") should be recognised as a separate family, the Rostellariidae.

The recent species belong to three distinct genera, but several more genera are known from the fossil record.

Species

Species within the genus Tibia include:

Tibia delicatula Nevill, 1881
Tibia fuscus Linnaeus
Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Philippines
Tibia melanocheilus (A. Adams, 1854) - Turtle Island, Philippines; Brunei
Tibia insulaechorab (Röding, 1798) - Red Sea
Tibia martini Marrat, 1877

Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) - Tuticorin, Southern India

Note:

Tibia serrata (Perry, 1811) is now considered to be an aberrant morph of Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Tibia serrata (G. Perry, 1811) - no longer valid^[2]

Related genera

Genus Rostellariella

Rostellariella delicatula (Nevill, 1881) - Northern Indian Ocean
Rostellariella lorenzi H. Morrison, 2005 - Arafura Sea, Indonesia
Rostellariella martinii (Marrat, 1877) - Philippines

Genus Rimellopsis

Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) - Cebu, Philippines

References

^ 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.
^ Romagna-Manoja, E., 1977. Tibia serrata is no longer a "ghost species." La Conchiglia 102-103: 3-4 + cover photo. Sept.-Oct.

External links

[1] 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.

[2] Romagna-Manoja, E., 1977. Tibia serrata is no longer a "ghost species." La Conchiglia 102-103: 3-4 + cover photo. Sept.-Oct.

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