African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Distorsio Röding, 1798

AphiaID

138329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138329)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Personidae J. E. Gray, 1854

Original name

Distorsio Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Distortrix Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Distorsio euconstricta Beu, 1987
Species Distorsio kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980
Species Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938
Species Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Distorsio smithi (Maltzan, 1884)
Species Distorsio somalica Parth, 1990

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 133 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Distorsio Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138329 on 2026-03-30

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Distorsio Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138329 on 2026-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 15:28:41Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-05-12 14:20:04Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-12-31 04:05:27Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-08-12 03:38:47Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-11-01 09:38:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 133 [details]

original description (of Distortrix Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 122-123 [details]

additional source Lewis, H,. (1972). Notes on the genus Distorsio (Cymatiidae) with descriptions of new species. The Nautilus. 86(2-4): 27-50, figs. 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511517
page(s): 32, 34 [details]

source of synonymy 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]

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