Distorsio kurzi

Distorsio kurzi, common name Kurz's distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between .

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, the Andamans, the Philippines and in the Western Pacific (Vanuatu); in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.

References

• 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.

External links

• Petuch, E. J.; Harasewych, M. G. (1980). Distorsio kurzi, a new cymatiid gastropod from the central Philippines. Nautilus. 94(1): 6-7
• 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