Tibia fusus

Tibia fusus
Five views of a shell of Tibia fusus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Tibia
Species: T. fusus
Binomial name
Tibia fusus
Synonyms
  • Murex fusus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Rostellaria fusus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rostellaria ionica Perry, 1811
  • Rostellaria rectirostris Lamarck, 1822
  • Rostellaria sinensis Perry, 1811
  • Rostellaria subulata Lamarck, 1801
  • Strombus clavus Linnaeus, 1771
  • Strombus unicornis Dillwyn, 1817
  • Tibia indiarum Röding, 1798

Tibia fusus, common name Spindle tibia or Shinbone Tibia Gastropod, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is widespread in Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, from Indochina, China Sea, southern Japan and the Philippines to the Banda Sea, Indonesia, Australia and Oceania.[3][4][5]

Habitat

Most Tibia fusus live in tropical offshore waters where there is plenty of sand, at depths of 5 to 50 m.[3]

Description

The shells of Tibia fusus can reach a length of 15–31 centimetres (5.9–12.2 in) (including the long siphonal canal), with a typical length of 23 cm (9 in.).[5] These shells are large, spindle-shaped with moderately convex turns and an extremely long, thin and slightly curved siphonal canal. The basic color ranges from straw yellow to reddish-beige. The aperture is ovate and white inside, with 6 fingerlike growths on the outer lip.[3]

It is a fairly common species where it occurs, but because of its attractive appearance, it is highly sought after by shell collectors.[3]

Life cycle

Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trocophore) and later into juvenile veligers.[3]

Bibliography

  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
  • Koichiro Masuda & CHi-Yue Huang, 1993. Miocene Gastropoda and Scaphopoda in the western foothills of northern Taiwan. Journal of the Geological Society of China (1993)
  • Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines

References

  1. ↑ Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2009). Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215385 on 27 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Biolib
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 SeaLifeBase:Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758), shinbone tibia.
  4. ↑ Claudio Galli: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  5. 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods


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