''Distorsio'' is a
genus
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of medium-sized
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s in the
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Personidae
The Personidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine species), but also including some freshwater ...
, the ''Distortio'' snails.
[Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Distorsio. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138329 on 2015-12-27]
Species
Species within the genus ''Distorsio'' include:
* ''
Distorsio anus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Distorsio burgessi'' Lewis, 1972
* † ''
Distorsio cancellina''
(Lamarck, 1803)
* ''
Distorsio clathrata'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Distorsio constricta'' (Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Distorsio decipiens'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Distorsio decussata'' (Valenciennes, 1832)
* † ''
Distorsio djunggranganensis''
(K. Martin, 1916)
* ''
Distorsio euconstricta'' Beu, 1987
* ''
Distorsio globosa'' Nolf, 2014
* ''
Distorsio graceiellae'' Parth, 1989
* ''
Distorsio habei'' Lewis, 1972
* ''
Distorsio jenniernestae'' Emerson & Piech, 1992
* ''
Distorsio kurzi'' Petuch & Harasewych, 1980
* ''
Distorsio mcgintyi'' E
merson & Puffer, 1953
* ''
Distorsio minoruohnishii'' Parth, 1989
* ''
Distorsio muehlhaeusseri'' Parth, 1990
* ''
Distorsio parvimpedita'' Beu, 1998
* ''
Distorsio perdistorta'' Fulton, 1938
* ''
Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Distorsio ridens''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Distorsio smithi'' (von Maltzan, 1884)
* ''
Distorsio somalica'' Parth, 1990
Species which are synonyms or were incorrectly placed in the genus ''Distorsio'':
* ''Distorsio acuta'' Perry, 1811 accepted as ''
Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Distorsio arcularia'' Röding, 1798 accepted as ''
Nassarius arcularia arcularia'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Distorsio communis'' Röding, 1798 accepted as ''
Nassarius stolatus
''Nassarius stolatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Bouchet, P. (2015). Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Re ...
'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Distorsio francesae'' Iredale, 1931 accepted as ''
Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Distorsio horrida'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 accepted as ''
Distorsio perdistorta'' Fulton, 1938
* ''Distorsio lewisi'' Beu, 1978 accepted as ''
Distorsionella lewisi'' (Beu, 1978)
* ''Distorsio mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953: synonym of ''Distorsio constricta mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953
* ''Distorsio muricina'' Röding, 1798 accepted as ''
Gutturnium muricinum
''Gutturnium muricinum'', common name the knobbly triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Description
The maximum recorded shell
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'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''Distorsio plicata'' Röding, 1798 accepted as ''
Nassarius arcularia plicatus'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''Distorsio pusilla'' Pease, 1861 accepted as ''
Distorsomina pusilla'' (Pease, 1861)
* ''Distorsio reticulata Röding, 1798 accepted as ''
Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Distorsio robinsoni'' Petuch, 1987 accepted as ''
Distorsio clathrata'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Distorsio ventricosa
''Distorsio muehlhaeusseri'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the ''Distortio'' snails.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Distorsio muehlhaeusseri Parth, 1990. Accessed through: World R ...
''
Kronenberg, 1994: synonym of ''
Distorsio muehlhaeusseri''
Parth, 1990
References
Personidae
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