''Distorsio ridens'' is a

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of medium-sized sea snail, a

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gastropod

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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.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Distorsio ridens (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332296 on 2019-03-10

Description

Distribution

References

* Parth M. (2017). Seashells and Chinese snuff bottles. The collection Manfred Parth. München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 288 pp. . page(s): 157-162

External links

Reeve L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

Emerson W.K. & Piech B.J. (1992). Remarks on Distorsio constricta (Broderip, 1833) and related species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Personidae). The Veliger. 35(2): 105-116.
Personidae Gastropods described in 1844 {{Personidae-stub