''Distorsio reticularis'', common name reticulate distorsio, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the
family
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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 freshwate ...
, the ''Distortio'' snails.
Subspecies
* ''Distorsio reticularis francesae'' Iredale, 1931
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Indo-Western Pacific, including the Persian Gulf, to Melanesia, north to Japan, China Sea, Taiwan, Philippines and south to Queensland.
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Habitat
These sea snails live in tropical coral reef, at depths of about 10 to 100 m.
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Description
Shells of ''Distorsio reticularis'' can reach a length of .[ tp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/w7191e/w7191e48.pdf Distorsios at FAO.org/ref>
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Biology
These sea snails probably are carnivorous. Sexes are separate. After hatching larvae are free-swimming.[
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References
* Martin K. (1883-1887). Palaeontogische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor und einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, ser. 1. 3: 1-380, pls I-XV.
* Spry, J.F. (1961). ''The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods''. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
* Liu, J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
* Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
Bibliography
* A.G. Hinton - Guide to Australian Shells
* A.G. Hinton - Guide to Shells of Papua New Guinea
* A.G. Hinton - Shells of New Guinea & Central Pacific
* B. Dharma - Indonesian Shells I
* Barry Wilson - Australian Marine Shells Part 1
* Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm.
* Deepak Apte – The Book of Indian Shells
* F. Pinn - Sea Snails of Pondicherry
* F. Springsteen and F. M. Leobrera - Shells of the Philippines
* Hsi-Jen Tao - Shells of Taiwan Illustrated in Colour
* Ngoc-Thach Nguyên - Shells of Vietnam
* R. Tucker Abbott - Seashells of South East Asia
External links
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp
Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls
Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255
Beu A.G. (1987 (1986") ). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 2. Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13: 273-355
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Personidae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus