Rimellopsis powisii | |
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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 | |
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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]
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
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This marine species occurs from Southern Japan, and in the Indo-West Pacific to New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia
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