''Distorsio'' is a

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of medium-sized sea snails,

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gastropod

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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. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Personidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

, 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 ''Distorsio anus'', common name the common distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the ''Distortio'' snails. Description The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 100&n ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Distorsio burgessi'' Lewis, 1972 * † '' Distorsio cancellina'' (Lamarck, 1803) * '' Distorsio clathrata'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Distorsio constricta'' (Broderip, 1833) * '' Distorsio decipiens'' (Reeve, 1844) * ''

Distorsio decussata ''Distorsio decussata'', common name the decussate distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the ''Distortio'' snails. Description The size of the shell varies between 30 mm a ...

'' (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'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953 * '' Distorsio minoruohnishii'' Parth, 1989 * '' Distorsio muehlhaeusseri'' Parth, 1990 * '' Distorsio parvimpedita'' Beu, 1998 * '' Distorsio perdistorta'' Fulton, 1938 * ''

Distorsio reticularis ''Distorsio reticularis'', common name reticulate distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae The Personidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Li ...

'' (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 ''

'' (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 ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Distorsio francesae'' Iredale, 1931 accepted as ''

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Distorsio horrida'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 accepted as '' Distorsio perdistorta'' Fulton, 1938 * ''Distorsio lewisi'' Beu, 1978 accepted as ''

Distorsionella lewisi ''Distorsionella lewisi'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Thalassocyonidae. References

Thalassocyonidae Gastropods described in 1978 {{Caenogastropoda-s ...

'' (Beu, 1978) * ''Distorsio mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953: synonym of ''Distorsio constricta mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953 * ''Distorsio muricina'' Röding, 1798 accepted as '' Gutturnium muricinum'' (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 ''

'' (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

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