Biology:Distorsio anus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Distorsio anus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Caenogastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Littorinimorpha |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Tonnoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Personidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Distorsio |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">D. anus |
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| Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific (Tanzania, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217011 on 14 August 2010 .
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
External links
- "Distorsio anus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_105.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5283030 entry
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