The Personidae are a
family
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the order
Littorinimorpha
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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Personidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23090 on 2021-12-30]
Taxonomy
* ''
Distorsio''
Röding, 1798
* † ''
Kotakaia''
Beu, 1988
* ''
Personopsis''
Beu, 1988
;Synonyms:
* ''Calcarella''
Souleyet, 1850: synonym of ''Distorsio''
Röding, 1798
* ''Distorta''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''Distorsio''
Röding, 1798
* ''Distortrix''
Link, 1807: synonym of ''Distorsio''
Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distorsio)
* ''Persona''
Montfort, 1810: synonym of ''Distorsio''
Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distoriso)
References
External links
The TaxonomiconGray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 32-44 Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34Beu, A. G. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication. (Prof. T. Kotaka Commemorative volume): 69-96Beu 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.
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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