Rimellopsis powisii

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]

Rimellopsis powisii
Five views of a shell of Rimellopsis powisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Rostellariidae
Genus:
Rimellopsis
Species:
R. powisii

(Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
Binomial name
Rimellopsis powisii
Synonyms
  • Rostellaria powisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1840 (original combination)
  • Rostellaria powisii var. abyssicola Schepman, M.M., 1909
  • Tibia laurenti Duchamps, 1992
  • Tibia powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
  • Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisii (Petit, 1842)

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 Queensland, Australia

References
  1. Rimellopsi powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) . WoRMS (2012). Rimellopsi powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531630 on 25 November 2012 .
  • 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
  • "Rimellopsis powisii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Wieneke, U. 2010. Stromboidea Rostellariidae Rimellopsis Lambiotte, 1979. Gastropoda Stromboidea website
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