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Distorsio graceiellae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Personidae
Genus: Distorsio
Species:
D. graceiellae
Binomial name
Distorsio graceiellae
Parth, 1989

Distorsio graceiellae is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu,the Fiji Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland)

References

  1. ^ a b Distorsio graceiellae Parth, 1989. WoRMS (2010). Distorsio graceiellae Parth, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476480 on 14 August 2010 .
  • Parth, M. (1989). Brief Notes on the Genus Distorsio Roeding 1798 and Description of a New Species. La Conchiglia. 21 (233–236): 52–57
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp.
  • Kronenberg, G.C. 1994. A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of Distorsio ventricosa spec. nov. Vita Marina 42(3): 57-103
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120

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