[1] This species was first described by the German malacologist Peter Friedrich Röding in 1798, the type locality being the Red Sea.

A 2005 study by Sabine, concluded that Tibia was probably closely related to Terebellum, there being several well known morphological similarities between them.

The large ovate aperture is whitish, contracted at the top by a transverse fold of the left lip.

Its range extends from Madagascar and the east coast of Africa to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, western India, and the Maldives.

[5] Members of this family are mostly herbivorous, browsing on delicate algae, or detritivores, swallowing sand in order to extract decomposing plant material.