Tibia curta

Tibia curta, common name the Indian tibia, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1] This species occurs in southern India.

Tibia curta
A dorsal view of a shell of Tibia curta.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rostellariidae
Genus:	Tibia
Species:	T. curta
Binomial name
Tibia curta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Synonyms
Rostellaria curta G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination)

Description

Common Size 150 mm, but the size of the shell varies between 120 mm and 185 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal