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Taxonomy
Family:
PERSONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Personidae (Family)
> Distorsio (Genus)
> euconstricta (Species)
Images: Distorsio euconstricta Beu, 1987
Holotype, collected E of northern Somalia (USNM 718952). 26.1mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family:
PERSONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Personidae (Family)
> Distorsio (Genus)
> euconstricta (Species)
Details: Distorsio euconstricta Beu, 1987
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. Wanganella Bank, from 113-357m
Type Data:
  • E of northern Somalia, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1986 Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae: Part 2 - Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13(3) (p.310) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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