Distorsio euconstricta

Distorsio euconstricta
Shell of Distorsio euconstricta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Personidae
Genus:	Distorsio
Species:	D. euconstricta
Binomial name
Distorsio euconstricta Beu, 1987
Synonyms
Distorsio (Distorsio) euconstricta Beu, 1987

Distorsio euconstricta is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 64 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution in the Indo-West Pacific; also off the Philippines, in the South China Sea, off New Caledonia and Western Australia.

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, 1–28

External links

• Beu A.G. (1987 ("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: 273-355
• 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
• MNHN, Paris: image

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