Distorsio is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Description
The shell is subturreted. The whorls are distorted. The aperture is irregular, contracted and ringent. The siphonal canal is recurved. The inner lip is dilated lamellar and rugosely indented. The columella is excavated and verrucosely plicate. The outer lip is sinuous and internally plicato-dentate.
Species
Species within the genus Distorsio include:
- Distorsio anus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- â Distorsio biangulata <small>Beu, 2010</small>
- Distorsio burgessi <small>Lewis, 1972</small>
- â Distorsio cancellina <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- Distorsio clathrata <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
- Distorsio constricta <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small>
- Distorsio decussata <small>(Valenciennes, 1832)</small>
- â Distorsio djunggranganensis <small>(K. Martin, 1916)</small>
- Distorsio euconstricta <small>Beu, 1987</small>
- â Distorsio floridana <small>(J. Gardner, 1947)</small> âÂÂ
- Distorsio globosa <small>Nolf, 2014</small>
- Distorsio graceiellae <small>Parth, 1989</small>
- Distorsio habei <small>Lewis, 1972</small>
- Distorsio kurzi <small>Petuch & Harasewych, 1980</small>
- Distorsio mcgintyi E<small>merson & Puffer, 1953</small>
- â Distorsio metableta <small>(Cossmann, 1903)</small>
- Distorsio micalii <small>T. Cossignani, 2023</small>
- Distorsio minoruohnishii <small>Parth, 1989</small>
- Distorsio muehlhaeusseri <small>Parth, 1990</small>
- Distorsio parvimpedita <small>Beu, 1998</small>
- Distorsio perdistorta <small>Fulton, 1938</small>
- Distorsio reticularis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Distorsio ridens <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small>
- â Distorsio ringens <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1887)</small>
- â Distorsio simillima <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)</small>
- Distorsio smithi <small>(von Maltzan, 1884)</small>
- Distorsio somalica <small>Parth, 1990</small>
Species which are synonyms or were incorrectly placed in the genus Distorsio:
- Distorsio acuta Perry, 1811: synonym of Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Distorsio arcularia Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Distorsio communis Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Distorsio decipiens <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small>: synonym of Distorsio reticularis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Distorsio francesae Iredale, 1931: synonym of Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Distorsio horrida Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961: synonym of Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938
- Distorsio jenniernestae <small>Emerson & Piech, 1992</small>: synonym of Distorsio ridens <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small>
- Distorsio lewisi Beu, 1978: synonym of Distorsionella lewisi (Beu, 1978)
- Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953: synonym of Distorsio constricta mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953
- Distorsio muricina Röding, 1798: synonym of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
- Distorsio plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Röding, 1798)
- Distorsio pusilla Pease, 1861: synonym of Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861)
- Distorsio reticulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Distorsio robinsoni Petuch, 1987: synonym of Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)
- â Distorsio septemdentata <small>Gabb, 1860</small>: synonym of â Personopsis septemdentata <small>(Gabb, 1860)</small>
- Distorsio ventricosa <small>Kronenberg, 1994</small>: synonym of Distorsio muehlhaeusseri <small>Parth, 1990</small>
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