Personopsis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]
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| Shell of Personopsis purpurata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Personidae |
| Genus: | Personopsis Beu, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Triton grasi Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1872 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
Species within the genus Personopsis include:
- † Personopsis alvaradoi (Villalta, 1956) †
- † Personopsis beui (P. A. Maxwell, 1968)
- Personopsis ednafarinasae Parth, 2006
- Personopsis grasi (Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1872)
- † Personopsis interposita (Tate, 1894)
- † Personopsis merlei Vicián & Z. Kovács, 2022
- † Personopsis minae (de Gregorio, 1880)
- Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998
- † Personopsis rutoti (Vincent, 1930)
- † Personopsis septemdentata (Gabb, 1860)
- Personopsis trigonaperta Beu, 1998
Synonym:
- Personopsis ednafarinasi Parth, 2006: synonym of Personopsis ednafarinasae Parth, 2006 (wrongly formed genitive: named after a woman)
References edit
- ^ a b Personopsis Beu, 1988. Gofas, S. (2010). Personopsis grasi (Bellardi in d'Ancona 1872). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species athttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181013on 31 December 2011 .
External links edit
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- Beu, A. G. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication. (Prof. T. Kotaka Commemorative volume): 69-96
- 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
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