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 edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Personidae
Genus: Distorsio
Species:
D. anus
Binomial name
Distorsio anus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Distorta rotunda Perry, 1811
  • Distorta rugosa Schumacher, 1817
  • Distortrix anus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex anus Linnaeus, 1758

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. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5283030 entry