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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rostellariidae
Genus:	Rimellopsis
Species:	R. powisii
Binomial name
Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
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 New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia