Tibia fusus

Species of gastropod

Tibia fusus

Five views of a shell of Tibia fusus.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Rostellariidae
Genus:  | Tibia
Species:  |

T. fusus

Binomial name
Tibia fusus

Linnaeus, 1758

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 shells in Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel.

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[edit]

This species is widespread in Eastern 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[edit]

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

## Description[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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[edit]

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. ^ a b c d e SeaLifeBase:Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758), shinbone tibia.
4. ^ Claudio Galli: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
5. ^ a b "Tibia (Tibia) fusus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Encyclopedia of life
* Stromboidea

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3657786
* CoL: 7BYK8
* GBIF: 4361138
* iNaturalist: 484287
* IRMNG: 10909990
* NCBI: 2963852
* OBIS: 215385
* SeaLifeBase: 86892
* WoRMS: 215385

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