Rostellariella delicatula

Rostellariella delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Rostellariella
Species:	R. delicatula
Binomial name
	Rostellariella delicatula; (Nevill, 1881)
Synonyms
	Rostellaria delicatula G. Nevill, 1881 (original combination); Tibia delicatula (Nevill, 1881); Tibia deliculata [sic] (misspelling);

Rostellariella delicatula, common name the delicate tibia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rostellariidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm.

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Aden and East Africa to Sumatra, Indonesia.

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Rostellariella delicatula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532191 on 2016-01-30

Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.

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