Distorsio ridens is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]
Distorsio ridens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Personidae |
Genus: | Distorsio |
Species: | D. ridens
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Binomial name | |
Distorsio ridens (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 88 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Distorsio ridens (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332296 on 2019-03-10
- Parth M. (2017). Seashells and Chinese snuff bottles. The collection Manfred Parth. München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 288 pp. ISBN 978-3-89937-218-2. page(s): 157-162
External links
edit- Reeve L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Emerson W.K. & Piech B.J. (1992). Remarks on Distorsio constricta (Broderip, 1833) and related species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Personidae). The Veliger. 35(2): 105-116.
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