Distorsio anus, common name the common distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Personidae |
| Genus: | Distorsio |
| Species: | D. anus
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| Binomial name | |
| Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific (Tanzania, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius)
References edit
- ^ a b Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217011 on 14 August 2010 .
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
External links edit
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- "Distorsio anus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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